| LC control no. | n 79043986 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Twombly, Edwin Parker, 1928-2011 |
| Birth date | 1928-04-25 |
| Death date | 2011-07-05 |
| Place of birth | Lexington (Va.) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Painting Sculpture Calligraphy Modernism (Art) |
| Profession or occupation | Painters Artists |
| Found in | Cy Twombly, 1966. Cy Twombly, 2009: p. 239 (Edwin Parker Twombly Jr., b. Apr. 25, 1928 in Lexington, Va., known as Cy) New York times WWW site, July 6, 2011 (in obituary published July 5: Cy Twombly; b. Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr., Apr. 25, 1928, Lexington, Va.; nicknamed Cy, after Cy Young, the Hall of Fame pitcher; d. Tuesday [July 5, 2011], Rome, aged 83; his spare, childlike scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of postwar American art even as he became one of the era's most important painters) Cy Twombly, Feb. 3, 2015 biography (Cy Twombly; born 1928 in Lexington, Virginia; Cy Twombly arrived in Manhattan in 1950 while the New York School painting of Pollock and de Kooning was in full swing. Upon Robert Rauschenberg's encouragement, Twombly joined the 1951-952 sessions at Black Mountain College near Asheville, North Carolina. In 1957, having built a bridge of connections with Italian artists, Twombly left again for Italy, where he would remain for the most part, though making frequent trips, including many to the States. On the 5th July 2011, Cy Twombly died in hospital in Rome at the age of 83) <http://www.cytwombly.info/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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