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To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.Philip Guston
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Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.Philip Guston
3 Quotes & Sayings By Philip Guston
Philip Guston is one of the most important American painters of the last century. He is known for his paintings of New York City, for their gritty, urban atmosphere. He was born in New York City in 1922, and studied at Cooper Union. He was a co-founder of the abstract expressionist group The Five, which included Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still
Guston's work is represented in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate Gallery, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities.