Leen, Nina, 1909-1995
Variant namesIn May 1950, a group of New York painters wrote a letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art protesting its anti-abstract bias in the selection of painters for the exhibit "American Painting Today 1950." The letter appeared in the N.Y. Times and the Herald Tribune. A photo of the group taken Nov. 24, 1950 appeared in Life's Jan. 15, 1951 issue, captioned "Irascible Group of Advanced Artists Led Fight Against Show."
From the description of [The Irascibles] [graphic] / Nina Leen. 1950. Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477586
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| creatorOf | Leen, Nina, 1909-1995. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Theodoros Stamos papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Leen, Nina, 1909-. [The Irascibles] [graphic] / Nina Leen. | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Baziotes, William, 1912-1963. | person |
| associatedWith | Brooks, James, 1906- | person |
| associatedWith | De Kooning, Willem, 1904- | person |
| associatedWith | Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984. | person |
| associatedWith | Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974. | person |
| associatedWith | Motherwell, Robert. | person |
| associatedWith | Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970. | person |
| associatedWith | Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956. | person |
| associatedWith | Pousette-Dart, Richard, 1916-1992. | person |
| associatedWith | Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967. | person |
| associatedWith | Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970. | person |
| associatedWith | Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997. | person |
| associatedWith | Stamos, Theodoros and Savas, Georgianna | person |
| associatedWith | Sterne, Hedda, 1910- | person |
| associatedWith | Still, Clyfford, 1904- | person |
| associatedWith | Tomlin, Bradley Walker, 1899-1953. | person |
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| Art, Abstract |
| Irascibles (Group of American artists) |
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Birth 1909
Death 1995-01-01
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