Burst 1973
1973
Gottlieb once said "I did have certain symbols that were repeated and carried over from one painting to another. But my favorite symbols were those which I didn't understand." And I suppose that characterizes Gottlieb's career quite well: he began with Expressionism and moved, more and more, towards an extremely simplistic form of Abstract Expressionism. Gottlieb's abstraction is highly stylized, usually conforming to his extremely strong sense of composition.
The Natural Swimming Pool
1937
Sailor's Charm
1945
Dialogue I
1960
Untitled
1934
Sounds in the Night
1948
Ascension
1958
