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Clyfford Still
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Clyfford Still

Born 1904 Died 1980

Clyfford Still Clyfford Still (* 30. November 1904 in Grandin, North Dakota; † 23. Juni 1980 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Maler und einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter des Abstrakten Expressionismus, der sich zwischen den Jahren 1938 und 1942 von der Darstellung konkreter Objekte und Landschaften zur Entwicklung eines neuen, kraftvollen künstlerischen Ansatzes wandte. Er gilt als Vorläufer dieser Bewegung und prägte damit die Kunstgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts nachhaltig. Seine frühen Lebensjahre verbrachte er in Spokane, Washington und Bow Island im südlichen Alberta, Kanada, wo e…

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1980
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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of Clyfford Still's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.