Martha Diamond
1944–2023

Introduction

Martha Bonnie Diamond (May 1, 1944 – December 30, 2023) was an American painter. Her paintings first gained public attention in the 1980s and are included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and many other institutions.

Wikidata identifier

Q20857237

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Introduction

Diamond's painting evokes the German Expressionist tendency for distortion and the Abstract Expressionist translation of automatic drawing into large scale paintings.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, painter, teacher

ULAN identifier

500115011

Names

Martha Diamond, Martha Bonnie Diamond

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On the Hour

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Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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