Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. (Robert Motherwell)

Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.

Robert Motherwell

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