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The New Clyfford Still Museum Opened on November 18th in Denver

artwork: Clyfford Still - "PH-77", 1936 - Oil on canvas - 43 ¼" x 56" - Clyfford Still Museum Collection. - © Clyfford Still Estate. The new Clyfford Still Museum opened on November 18th.


Denver, Colorado.-  The Clyfford Still Museum opened its doors to the public on November 18th, reintroducing the life and work of one of America’s most significant yet least understood artists. The new museum, which houses 94% of Clyfford Still’s total creative output, allows the public to explore the full trajectory of the artist’s 60-year career for the first time, including his rarely seen figurative works from the 1930s, paintings from the 1960s and 1970s created after Still’s retreat from the commercial art world, and the hundreds of works on paper that the artist created, often on a near-daily basis. The museum’s collection of approximately 2,400 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures, the majority of which have never been on public display before, provides an unprecedented opportunity to reflect on the full scope of Still’s legacy and his profound influence on American art.