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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

Tworkov is one of scores who come bearing aperçus in the German American writer and artist Edith Schloss’s memoir, “The Loft Generation,” discovered in rough-draft form after her death in 2011.

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

Tworkov, who balances all sides nicely in Tricycle, believes many practitioners of engaged Buddhism are merely aping Christian charity, a trend she fears.

From Time Magazine Archive

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