Artists’ Club (New York)

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The Artists’ Club (New York) was an influential mid-20th-century gathering place and discussion forum for avant-garde painters and sculptors associated with Abstract Expressionism.

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instanceOf Abstract Expressionist organization
artists’ club
cultural organization
discussion group
activePeriod 1950s
early 1960s
activity debates about modern art
lectures
panel discussions
alsoKnownAs The Club
associatedWith Artists’ Club panels
Cedar Tavern
country United States of America
dissolved early 1960s
foundedBy Ad Reinhardt
Barnett Newman
Franz Kline
Philip Pavia
Robert Motherwell
Willem de Kooning
genre avant‑garde art forum
hasLanguage English
inception 1949
influenced New York art scene in the 1950s
critical discourse on Abstract Expressionism
locatedIn Greenwich Village
locatedOn Eighth Street
location New York City
movement Abstract Expressionism
New York School
notableMember Ad Reinhardt
Barnett Newman
Clyfford Still
Elaine de Kooning
Franz Kline
Jackson Pollock
Lee Krasner
Mark Rothko
Philip Guston
Robert Motherwell
Willem de Kooning
partOf New York art world
purpose to foster Abstract Expressionist ideas
to host discussions on contemporary art
to provide a meeting place for avant‑garde painters and sculptors
significance helped shape postwar American art theory
served as an intellectual center for Abstract Expressionist artists
topic modern painting
modern sculpture

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Elaine de Kooning memberOf Artists’ Club (New York)
Elaine Marie Fried memberOf Artists’ Club (New York)