Robert Motherwell - a long-time favorite, re-visited

I can't remember how I discovered Robert Motherwell, except that it was a long time ago, when I was learning about Abstract Expressionism and the New York School.  

He was a natural fit for me: I admired his writing, his sense of form and color, his use of collage, his worldly connections, and his ability to hold a creative and critical perspective, something like Meyer Schapiro.

I have also loved Kurt Schwitters, who also has an amazing sense of form; perhaps because I see Motherwell is connected to his invention of collage. 

Robert Motherwell, Redness of Red, State I, 1985

     Lithograph, Screenprint on Paper 24 × 16 in