Corinne Michelle West (Michael West)
Corinne was an american expressionist and early cubist painter during the late 20th century. She graduated from the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1925 before continuing her schooling at the Art Student’s League and commercial art in New York. She was said to be the lover and muse of artist Arshile Gorky while she studied under russian painter Raphael Soyer in the early 30’s.
In the male dominated art world of Pollock and Hoffman West was independent, bold and one of the few female expressionists of her time. and bold. Her works varied from small paintings to canvases the size of herself. As she progressed she experimented with larger brushes, brushstrokes and painting with large eccentric movements. Many of her later pieces feature dark and sombre colours but have an energetic feel because of the large brushstrokes that almost appear to be moving.
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