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Jun 16, 2008 · Originally Published: June 16, 2008. Philip Guston was a lifelong friend of poets—from his teenage years in Los Angeles, to his time as a member of the New York School of painting, to his move to Woodstock. His famous—for some, infamous—switch in the late ’60s from abstraction to figuration lent itself to collaboration with various writers.
- He constantly changed his painting style. As an artist, Philip Guston didn't typically stick to a single painting style over his career. He constantly pushed himself to evolve in new and different directions.
- He started his career painting murals. Growing up, Philip Guston loved drawing and comic books. He taught himself to sketch and published his first cartoon when he was just 13.
- His art was influenced by politics and real-life events. Guston’s Jewish parents fled present-day Ukraine for Los Angeles when he was nine. From a young age, he was interested in communism and leftist politics.
- He worked with poets. Guston lived to paint, but also loved poetry, saying ‘they [the poets] see without the jargon of art’. He created 'poem-pictures,' vibrant illustrations of everyday items to accompany poems, for his wife, poet Musa McKim and others.
Jun 16, 2023 · Musa Guston Mayer takes us into the studio of her father, the artist Philip Guston, reflecting on her relationship with him and the future of his legacy. Philip Guston (American, born Canada, 1913–80). The Line, ca.1978. Oil on canvas, 71 × 73 1/4 in. (180.3 × 186.1 cm). Promised Gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In Philip Guston’s life there was always a battle, an unresolved battle. He was in a fight between being affected by other things and withdrawing into himself. When he resigned from the Works Project Administration in the late l930s, having been, like many artists, engaged in doing paintings for public buildings, he said he wanted to “do ...
In this short film, curators Michael Wellen and Michael Raymond, conservator Anna Cooper and the artist's daughter, Musa Mayer, recount the story of Guston's life and career, as well as his restless urge to challenge himself creatively. This film was created as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives.
Jul 22, 2020 · Guston was a largely self-taught artist. Born in Montreal in 1913, Guston was born the youngest of seven children to Russian-Jewish parents, who had fled persecution in Europe in the early 1900s ...
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