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Born #onthisday1890 Giorgio Morandi #historyofart Italian #painter #printmaker specializing in #still_life noted for tonal subtlety & simple subjects limited mainly to vases bottles bowls flowers & landscapes Painstakingly explored puzzles of art looking for structure & order …
Born #onthisday1890 Mark Tobey American #painter of densely structured compositions inspired by Asian calligraphy resembled #AbstractExpressionism & creator of "white writing" overlay of white calligraphic symbols on abstract field of thousands of interwoven brush strokes
Born #onthisday1890 Jan Matulka Czech-American #artist Matulka's style swam from #Abstract #Expressionist through to #landscapes seemingly in same day 1st modern artists to depict Hopi snake rain dance & 1 of few abstract painters in Public Works Art Project & Federal Art Project