WEEGEE "DISTORTION: PAINTER" c. 1950s repurposed material made up the quartet of

made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world

Costume and makeup characteristically obliterate the artist’s own identity

Pachter holds the prestigious position of Officer of the Order of Canada

Nevelson was notably well-embraced in Italy arguably because of parallels to Arte Povera in her work

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WEEGEE "DISTORTION: PAINTER" c. 1950s repurposed material made up the quartet ofArthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899 1968) was a highly successful (and notorious) photojournalist artist. In addition to contributing an enormous number of images to various American newspapers, he would become famous, beyond New York and news circles, after the publication of Naked City (1945) and Weegee's People (1946). Weegee began shooting scenes of crime, drama, tragedy and depravity throughout New York City in the 1930s for Acme