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Tworkov

American  
[twawr-kof] / ˈtwɔr kɒf /

noun

  1. Jack, 1900–82, U.S. painter, born in Poland.


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Her teacher Jack Tworkov, an abstract expressionist, introduced her to experimental young artists including Claes Oldenburg and Robert Rauschenberg, whose work opened Ms. Bartlett to new directions in modern art.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

But none had quite the dramatic vision of Jack Tworkov, the abstract expressionist painter, in the middle of the previous century.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2021

And, according to LaRosa, there are Josef Albers paintings in Jill Biden’s office, while the Vermeil Room features abstract paintings by Alma Thomas and Jack Tworkov as well as two Roy Lichtenstein prints.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021

In 1964, Jack Tworkov, the chairman of the graduate art department at Yale, recommended Mr. Johnson for a job.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2010

She bought Motherwells and Klines, as well as gentle canvases by Jack Tworkov, a Polish immigrant who had switched from figurative painting to abstract expressionism influenced by de Kooning.

From Time Magazine Archive