Ann Twardowicz
Ann Twardowicz , née Ruth Ann Mandel (* 1929 in Columbus , Ohio , USA ; † 1973 ) was an American painter and graphic artist .
Life
Ann Twardowicz studied art at Ohio State University . She was one of the well-known representatives of graphics and painting who worked in the style of Abstract Expressionism . Her best-known works are abstract, colored woodcuts . Ann Twardowicz was married to Stanley Twardowicz (1917-2008), a well-known painter and photographer . Both were friends with Jack Kerouac . She can be seen in numerous photographs with Kerouac when he lived in Northport, New York .
Her work received international attention in the 1950s and 1960s. Twardowicz took part in documenta 2 in Kassel in 1959 .
literature
- Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Twardowicz, Ann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mandel, Ruth Ann (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus , Ohio , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |