She also used the names mikael and michael west.

Corrine michelle west pics. A painter and a poet she lived her life devoted to the belief of an inner mystical truth of the human spirit. It was there in 1989 that stuart and. 1932 attends first historic hans hofmann class at the legendary art students league. She graduated from the cincinnati art academy in 1930.

Her first formal study began in 1927. Hoo doo that voo doo corinne michael west 1908 1991 was an abstract expressionist woman painter. Mar 15 2014 west made reference to the new art in a 1942 poem of the same title. Portrait of michael west corinne west by jon boris 1930.

Mar 14 2017 michael corinne west american 1908 1991 associated with the new york school and longtime affiliate of arshile gorky. Corinne michelle west changed her name to michael in 1941 in hopes of finding more professional success. Later cincinnati art academy studying drawing and portraiture under john weis and frank meyers. She attended the cincinnati conservatory of music before moving to the cincinnati art academy in 1925.

The artist born corinne michelle west might have been forgotten entirely save for a chance encounter in a hospital thrift shop in westchester county. She was an abstract expressionist. In 1936 at the rochester art club she had her first one woman show. Born in chicago il.

View article remembering michael west a forgotten founder of abstract. She was an abstract expressionist. Michael west was an artist of unbridled spirit and talent. View article three exhibitions to see in new york this weekend.

New art was later to be known as lyrical cubism and then abstract expressionism. Corinne michelle west was born in chicago illinois. In 1941 she began to use the name michael which she used in her regular life as well as her painting. She was also arshile gorky s muse and probably his lover although she refused to marry him.

2016 corinne michelle west 1908 1991 was an american painter. She gave a lecture during the exhibition and discussed hofmann s push and pull theories picasso cubism and other new art tenets. West on june 26 1930 at the wesley chapel in cincinnati married theatre actor randolph nelson 1909 1978. She was also a poet actress and writer.

See more ideas about corinne abstract painters abstract expressionism. Southern ontario estate corinne michelle west 1908 1991 american was an american painter. From peter halley s day glo funhouse to rachel harrison s retrospective at the whitney. Jan 6 2017 explore alden s board corinne michael west followed by 236 people on pinterest.

The artist born corinne michelle west is among the forgotten women of the postwar era who rarely adhered to one style.

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