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Larry Rivers

Exploring the Creative Legacy of Artist Larry Rivers and His Captivating Paintings

17 Aug’23, ON THIS DAY “I remember everything I know even the most superficial things. And what comes out is in my canvases”. -Larry Rivers On this significant day, we turn our focus to the remarkable artistic journey of Larry Rivers. As the art world commemorates Larry Rivers’ birthday (17 Aug’1923), we delve into his […]

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Larry Rivers: An artist whose work fused the lively mark-making of Abstract Expressionism with commercial images of advertising

AUGUST 17, ON THIS DAY Painter, sculptor, poet, filmmaker, actor and musician Larry Rivers was an established figure in the New York School (an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City), who gained acclaim for creating large paintings merging abstract and narrative elements.

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