William Baziotes

American(June 11, 1912 – 1963)

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Works

Baziotes created dreamlike, biomorphic abstractions with floating forms and muted colors influenced by Surrealist automatism. His poetic, enigmatic canvases contributed to early Abstract Expressionism. He is collected by the Guggenheim, MoMA, and the Met.

Oil on Canvas American Surrealism William Baziotes Post-War 1948 Abstract Expressionism Abstract Mysterious Surreal Blue Psychological

“It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.” William Baziotes

1962

Figures in Landscape

1948

Figures in Net

1948

The Room

1947

Circus Abstraction

1946

Artists in conversation