Roy Newell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American artist
Date of Birth: 10-May-1914
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 22-Nov-2006
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Roy Newell
- An American abstract painter, Roy Newell was born in Manhattan's Lower East Side on May 10, 1914, and died of cancer on November 22, 2006, in Manhattan.
- His paintings are typified by richly-hued geometric forms in subtle juxtapositions and textures, heightened by an intimate scale and striking color harmonies.
- He participated in the Group of American Abstract Expressionists and was a founding member of the 8th Street Artist Club, which also included Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline and Philip Pavia.A self-taught artist, Newell was not a prolific painter.
- His works number less than 100 and were often executed over decades, as he constantly refined his compositions with new colours until satisfied with the result.
- Due to their continued reworkings, many of his paintings were up to an inch thick when completed, with a combined depth of wood support and layers of meticulously applied paint.
- Newell exhibited infrequently and sold very few of his paintings during his lifetime.
- However, his works are in notable public and private collections such as the Solomon R.
- Guggenheim Museum, the New York University Art Collection, the Willem de Kooning Estate, the Elaine de Kooning Trust, the Pollock-Krasner House, Seymour Hacker, and Michael Ovitz, among others.
- His early influences include CĂ©zanne and Kasimir Malevich.Edvard Lieber (author of Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio) introduced Roy Newell to John Woodward of the Woodward Gallery, NYC, in 1995.
- Director John Woodward photographed and inventoried all Newell’s paintings.
- From January 18 - March 9, 1996, Woodward Gallery hosted Newell’s largest gallery exhibition to date.
- “Roy Newell: Lifelines: 1955- 1995” was a 40-year retrospective and his first one-man show in a decade.
- It featured 23 paintings and the critical review of that exhibition was written by Nick Paumgarten “Grumpy Old Artist Gets His Due”, NY Observer, February 24, 1996.
- Press photos of the opening reception documented the large response of the public and the art world.
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