Thornton Willis

1936–2025

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Thornton Wilson Willis was an American abstract painter. He contributed to the New York School of painting since the late 1960s. Viewed as a member of the Third Generation of American Abstract Expressionists, his work is associated with Abstract Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction, Process Art, Postminimalism, Bio-morphic Cubism, and Color Field painting. Willis was a member of American Abstract Artists.

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Artworks (3)

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American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio

2012 · portfolio of 48 archival inkjet prints, with black fabric-covered porfolio box

Sheet: 24.8 x 32.4 cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Untitled

2012 · Inkjet print

Other: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Garden at Night

1982 · Oilstick on paper

22 1/4 x 30 1/8" (56.7 x 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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3 published of 3 catalogued · 1 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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MoMA
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American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio
2012 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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