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Susan Charna Rothenberg (January 20, 1945 – May 18, 2020) was an American contemporary painter, printmaker, sculptor, and draughtswoman. She became known as an artist through her iconic images of the horse, which synthesized the opposing forces of abstraction and representation.
Learn about the life and art of Susan Rothenberg, an American painter who explored abstraction and symbolism with horses, heads, and landscapes. See her works, exhibitions, audio, and media on MoMA's website.
May 19, 2020 · The artist, known for her spare and stark paintings of horses, heads, and hands, passed away on May 19, 2020. She was a trailblazer of the New Image movement and a close collaborator of Bruce Nauman.
- Alex Greenberger
Artists and curators pay homage to a painter who reinvented figuration and influenced generations of artists. Read their personal memories and reflections on Susan Rothenberg's life and work.
May 18, 2020 · Rothenberg is a contemporary painter known for her early horse paintings, and later for dancing figures, heads and bodies, animals, and atmospheric landscapes.
- American
- January 29, 1945
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- May 18, 2020
May 21, 2020 · Susan Rothenberg, whose flayed, lushly foreboding paintings radiated a Paleolithic grandeur and helped usher figuration back into an art world that had declared it extinct in the 1970s, died on...
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Learn about Susan Rothenberg (1945-2020), an influential artist who created abstract and realistic images of horses. See her artworks in Tate Britain, including prints and drawings.
