The artist’s combination of representation and abstraction has left an indelible mark on Post-War American painting

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965), Woman and Orange Mandolin, 1947. Oil on canvas, 30 x 34 in.

Milton Avery: The Green Settee (detail: dog on a lap), 1943. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

The self-effacing late starter and mentor to Rothko, with a singular gift for capturing life through colour, bewitches in the first comprehensive show of his work in Europe

For Seventeen Magazine 1967 Blogged here.

See the colorful paintings by March Avery in her first show at Blum & Poe, New York, on view through September 14.

Milton Avery was often dismissed as a naive painter because he did not seem as sophisticated as the elite abstract expressionists who took the stage after World War II.

In further news: Cuban artists fight for creative freedom; in London, plans to relocate suffragette statue met with anger

America’s most original colorist, the subject of new retrospective at the Wadsworth Atheneum, was inspired by Matisse, and in turn inspired Rothko.

Five decades of wall art from New York’s co-founder.

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation has opened with a must-see exhibition of 50 years of Resnick’s work.

Milton Avery Milton Avery, Harbor at Dusk, c 1932 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Church by the Sea, 1939 Milton Avery, 1947 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, self-portrait, c 1938 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, 1934 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Burlesque, 1936 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Pink Still Life, 1938 via Pop Goes Red Milton Avery 1934 Milton Avery, Sheep in Landscape, 1947 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Machete and Fruit, 1949 A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, 1951 via Snow on Red Earth Milton Avery, 1959 via Pop Goes Red Milton Avery, Sunbather on the Deck, 1960 via A Long Time Alone (love this!) Milton Avery--1963-illustration for Children's book--via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Little Fox River, 1942-43 via Pop Goes Red tumblr Milton Avery via Aka Pearl of a Girl Milton Avery, Moon Path 1958 Milton Avery, Red Fisherman, 1950 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Three Vases, 1949 via Blasted Heath Milton Avery, Interior with Still Life, c 1940 via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Dark Sea and Dunes Milton Avery, Double Wave, via Pop Goes Red tumblr Milton Avery via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery Milton Avery, Clover Leaf Park  Milton Avery, March Playing the Cello Milton Avery Milton Avery Milton Avery, Dark Forest Milton Avery, Orange Vase Milton Avery via A Long Time Alone Milton Avery, Fancy Bird Milton Avery, Meadows and Mountains Milton Avery, Reclining Reader, 1950 Milton Avery, Gaspe Landscape, 1943 Milton Avery Milton Avery Milton Avery, Wild Moon and Sea, 1961 Milton Avery, Blue Rooster Milton Avery Milton Avery, Baby March, 1933 (their daughter, also an artist) Milton Avery, Dawning Sun Milton Avery, Nude by the Sea Milton Avery, Dancing Trees, 1965 Milton Avery self portrait Milton Avery Milton Avery, Sea and Sand Dunes, 1955 Milton Avery, Porch and Chairs, 1944 Milton Avery, Hen woodcut, 1954 American Modernist painter and printmaker--one of my favorites--Milton Avery--