Thornton Willis

Visual Artist

1936 –

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Who is Thornton Willis?

Thornton Willis is an American abstract painter. He has contributed to the New York School of painting since the late 1960s. Viewed as a member of the Third Generation of American Abstract Expressionists, his work is associated with Abstract Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction, Process Art, Postminimalism, Bio-morphic Cubism and Color Field painting.

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Born
May 25, 1936
Pensacola
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Master of Arts, University of Alabama
    (1964 - 1966)
Lived in
  • New York City
    (1967 - )

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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