Although he died nearly 60 year ago, Milton Avery is very much a man for our times. He drew and painted things he knew, and helped viewers see them his way — works with colors and shapes. Although he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milton Avery, ‘Husband and Wife’, 1945 (Allen Phillips/Wadsworth Atheneum) (the_independent_635) American art before Pollock and ...

Invitingly quirky and rich in subtle hues, the landscapes and other canvases of Milton Avery (1885-1965) made him America's closest approach to Matisse. Avery's 1982 retrospective drew crowds and rave ...

Milton Avery (1885-1965) worked as an assembler, mechanic and latheman before enrolling in art classes in 1905. In the late 1930's he worked as an artist for the WPA Federal Art Project. Avery focused ...

Although he died in 1965, American artist Milton Avery is a man for our frazzled times. His paintings can calm a jangled day. NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg says Avery drew and painted ...

American art before Pollock and Warhol is murky territory for most of us, a blurry fug of provincial post-impressionism and dirty social realism over which the shadow of the great depression looms ...