LONDON.- Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, the first ever exhibition dedicated to drawings and paintings on paper by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) to be held in Britain, is being staged at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 6 Cork Street, London W1, from 10 October to 26 November 2011. Taking place twenty years after the artist’s death, it comprises some ninety works spanning most of his career. Robert Motherwell was a major figure in the birth and development of Abstract Expressionism and the youngest member of the ‘ New York School ’, a term he coined. His career spanned five decades during which time he created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. A passionate advocate and articulate spokesman for Abstract Expressionism, he believed that ideas and emotions were best communicated through the bold forms and gestural lines of abstract art. This exhibition will include sixty works from the Lyric Suite, a group of works from the Beside the Sea series