Sara--
It sounds like Albert Pinkham Ryder, who died in 1917.
He painted more like 160 works, and especially toward the end
of his life reworked some of them so much that now many are in
poor condition. There was an exhibit of his paintings in 1989
(12 years ago -- that's close!) at the National Museum of
American Art (now called the Smithsonian American Art Museum).
Ryder definitely influenced Richard Diebenkorn and
Marsden Hartley, and is given general credit for influencing
the Abstract Expressionists. I cannot find anything about
his having been such a beacon to Rauschenberg or Johns, though.
--Kristin Bayruns
Seattle, WA
At 04:47 PM 9/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello - I have a question from a student who is interested in an artist
>whose name he cannot remember.
>
>This artist was an early 20th-century American painter who painted very few
>paintings (20-30 is student's guess) but re-worked his canvasses over and
>over many times. Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns claimed to have been
>influenced by this painter and his exploration of what could be done with
>paint. Rauschenberg or Johns are supposed to have said that this artist was
>one of the most important of the 20th century. The student said there was a
>small exhibit of this artist at the National Gallery about 15 years ago
>(again, an estimate). The student spoke to the curatorial departments at
>the National Gallery but they couldn't help him.
>
>I thought someone might know this off the top of their heads. Thanks!
>
>Sara
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