Agnes Martin
Agnes Bernice Martin was a Canadian-American abstract painter known for her minimalist style and abstract expressionism. Born in Saskatchewan, she moved to the United States in 1931, where she pursued higher education and became a U.S. citizen in 1950.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Macklin
- Educated at
- Teachers CollegeWestern Washington UniversityUniversity of New Mexico
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences🏆 National Medal of Arts🏆 Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"'Perfection Is in the Mind', interview with Agnes Martin by Joan Simon, 1995/96"
"It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words. But there is a wide range of emotional response that we make that cannot be put into words. We are so used to making these emotion…"
"Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it. I want to draw a certain response like this.. ..that quality of response from people when they leave themselves behind, often experienced in nature, a…"
"Some things fail and others succeed. Well, then you get quite desperate, and you think: 'I am going to work and work and I'm not going to have any failures.' But then you find out that failures are in…"
"When we realize that we can see life we gradually give up the things that stand in the way of our complete awareness. As we paint we move along step by step. We realize that we are guided in our work …"
Works & Publications
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Timeline
1912
Born
Birth2004
Died
Death
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