Roy Newell

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Roy Newell was an American abstract painter. He was born in Manhattan's Lower East side on May 10, 1914 and died of cancer on November 22, 2006 in Manhattan.[1] His paintings show great coloured rectangles in chromatic harmony. He took part in the Group of American Abstract Expressionists and was also a founding member of 8th Street Artist Club, which also included Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline and Philip Pavia.[1]

Newell was not a very prolific painter; the number of his works is less than 100, because he constantly repainted the coloured areas with new colours, until he was satisfied with the result, which seldom happened. Due to his continued reworkings of his art, some of his paintings became up to an inch thick.[2] He sold very few of his paintings. However, his works are part of the collections of museums such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Seymour Hacker, the New York University Art Collection, the de Kooning Estate and Edvard Leiber among others. His influences include Cezanne and Kasimir Malevich.[3]

Newell was self-taught.[1] Due to his particular way of life, he never got involved in the promotion of his art or received much economic benefit from it.

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  1. ^ a b c Kunstbus. 2006. Roy Newell (May 10, 1914, new York - Nov. 22, 2006, new York). Retrieved on June 19, 2007.
  2. ^ New York Times. 2006. Roy Newell: Known for abstract expressionist art. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.
  3. ^ The Boston Globe. 2006. Roy Newell, 92, noted abstract painter. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.

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