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Birth
1905 (New York City)
Death
1970 (New York City)
Lived/Active
New York
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Often Known For
abstract expression, vertical sculpture
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| Barnett
Newman was born on January 29, 1905 in New York City of Polish
immigrant parents. He worked in his father's clothing business, which
collapsed, from 1929 through 1937. He studied at the Art Students League
under John Sloan, William von Schlegel and Adolph Gottlieb in the
1920s. He studied from 1922 through 1926 at Cornell University and in
1927 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from City
College of New York. In 1940 he stopped painting for several years
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