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Cy Twombly

Born

in Lexington, VA, The United States

April 25, 1928

Died

July 05, 2011

Genre

Arts & Photography

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Edwin Parker (Cy) Twombly, Jr. is an American artist well known for his large-scale, freely scribbled, calligraphic-style graffiti paintings, on solid fields of mostly gray, tan, or off-white colors. He exhibits his paintings worldwide.

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Average rating: 4.35 · 366 ratings · 40 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fifty Years of Work on Paper by Cy Twombly, Roland Barthes, Julie Sylvester (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly: Making Past Present by Cy Twombly (Artist), Anne Carson (Contributor), Jennifer R. Gross (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural World: Selected Works, 2000-2007 by Cy Twombly, James Rondeau 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture by Cy Twombly, Harald Szeemann 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Years of Works on Paper: The Drawings at the Hermitage by Cy Twombly, Simon Schama, Mikhail Piotrovsky 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lepanto by Cy Twombly, Kirk Varnedoe, Richard Howard 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly - Photographs Lyrical Variations 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly: New Sculptures 1992-2005 by Cy Twombly, Edward Albee 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly: Works on Paper it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cy Twombly - the Last Paintings 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.”
― Cy Twombly

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“And we who have always thought of happiness climbing, would feel the emotion that almost startles when happiness falls.”
― Cy Twombly

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“The past is a springboard for me….Ancient things are new things. Everything lives in the moment; that’s the only time it can live, but its influence can go on forever.”
― Cy Twombly

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