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| File:To doStephen Newton Bruton St. Gallery | |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism |
| Patron(s) | Donald Kuspit |
Stephen Newton, born (March 3, 1948), is classified as an abstract expressionist painter.
Childhood
Stephen Newton was born in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. His father, Bernard Newton, was a Trawler Skipper operating out of the fishing port of Grimsby and latterly a
University
From
Early career
In the autumn of 1970
Newton’s circle
Newton’s work in Northumbria established him in a fertile artistic atmosphere.
First one-man show in London
Bruton St.
Development of style
In 1974, Newton began writing a book,
Maturity
Newton
Inspiration from mythology
Fearing that modern abstract painting had reached a conceptual dead end,
Newton’s use of psychoanalytical theory as a
Influence of Ritual
Newton’s new vision would attempt to address modern man’s spiritual and creative mythological requirements.
Many of his paintings of this period contrast
"Iconoclastic" Abstractionism
At the root of
Break with Surrealism
On June 13, 1
Latest period
Truly Major,
— Donald Kuspit
Newton’s aims, in some critics’ and viewers’ estimation, exceeded his methods.
- Abstract Expressionism, by DK, Taschen, 2005, pg 101