米尔顿·艾弗里：潦倒半生死后成为美国画坛偶像

米尔顿·艾弗里（Milton Avery），美国现代画家，1885年出生于纽约阿尔特马，1898年移居康涅狄格州，后来移居纽约市。

米尔顿·艾弗里的时代，正值抽象表现主义和现实写实主义在美国兴起，所以他的作品没有被当时的学者认可。

尽管今天他的售价很高，一幅画在拍卖中可以轻松拍到3万到500万美元，但他一生中很少出售作品。艾弗里画得如此冷酷无情也许是有道理的，因为他是一个经常被死亡和贫穷所困扰的人，他已习惯面对逆境。在他50岁定居纽约的时候，几乎还是无人认可他。直到1935年他才开始和画廊合作，销售作品。

1949年，艾弗里心脏病发作后卖不出作品，这事一直困扰他，直到他患上心绞痛，一种从未消退的慢性胸痛。

尽管艾弗里的销售和健康状况都不佳，但评论家和其它艺术家同行们仍然对他充满爱意。1957年12月，极富影响力的艺术评论家克莱门特·格林伯格（Clement Greenberg）在《艺术杂志》上写了一篇关于艾弗里的文章，改变了他的职业道路。

1962年秋天，米尔顿·艾弗里第二次心脏病发作，不可逆转地损害了他的健康。1964年二月，他在睡梦中死去。

Family Tea, 1965. 

Oil on canvas, 

46 x 44 inches

Two Poets, 1963

Oil on canvas

50 × 60 in

127 × 152.4 cm

Birds by Stormy Sea, 1963

Oil on canvas

101.6 x 127.0 (cm)

Horses in a Landscape, 1963

Oil on paper

23 × 31 in

58.4 × 78.7 cm

Artist Paints Artist, 1962

Oil on board

24 × 36 in

61 × 91.4 cm

Grey Mountain 1962

Oil on paper

25 x 32 inches

From the Terrace, 1961

Oil on canvas

22.9 x 30.5 (cm)

Dunes and Sea II  1960

Oil and charcoal on canvas

52 × 72in. (132.1 × 182.9 cm)

Red Kerchief, 1960

Oil on canvas

101.6 x 81.3 (cm)

Bird with Choppy Sea  1960

oil on paper

17 3/8 x 23 in.

Dancing Trees, 1960. 

Oil on canvas, 

52 x 66 in.

Sunset at Sea 1960

oil on canvas

32 x 46 inches

Tree and Ocean, 1959

oil on canvas

Boathouse by the Sea, 1959.

Oil on canvas. 

182.88 x 152.4 cm.

Dark Sea 1959

Oil on canvasboard

18 × 24 in

Pink Island, White Waves, 1959

Oil on canvasboard

18 × 24 in

45.7 × 61 cm

Gull + Sea 1959 

Oil on canvasboard

Black Sea  1959 

Oil on canvasboard

Rolling Surf, 1958. 

Oil on canvas, 

54 x 66 inches.

Birds over sea 1957

Oil on canvasboard

36 × 42in

Race Horse, 1955. 

Oil on canvas, 

50 x 60 inches

Green Sea  1954

Oil on canvas

42 × 60 in. (106.7 × 152.4 cm)

Nude by the Sea, 1954

Oil on illustration board

3 1/10 × 9 2/5 in

7.9 × 23.8 cm

French Landscape, 1953

Oil on canvas

111.8 x 86.4 cm

Florida Lake, 1953

Oil on canvas

78.7 x 101.6 (cm)

Dancing Trees 1953 

Oil on canvas

FLIGHT, 1953

Color Woodcut on Paper

7 × 9 in

17.8 × 22.9 cm

White Umbrellas, 1952

oil on canvas

French Pigeons 1952

oil on canvas

30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.)

Grazing Brahmins, 1952

Oil on canvas

44 × 54 in

111.8 × 137.2 cm

Florida Swamp, 1951

Oil on canvas

40 × 30 in

101.6 × 76.2 cm

Clear Cut Landscape, 1951

Oil on canvas

32 1/8 × 44 in

81.6 × 111.8 cm

Flight, 1950

Oil on canvas

25 × 36 in

63.5 × 91.4 cm

Grazing Cows, 1950

Gouache on paper board

15 × 21 in

38.1 × 53.3 cm

Clown, 1950

Oil and gouache on Paper

30 1/2 × 25 1/2 in

77.5 × 64.8 cm

Landscape 1949

oil on canvasboard

17 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (45.5 x 60.5 cm)

Self-Portrait 1947

Oil on canvas

55 x 36 inches

139.7 x 91.4cm

Homework, 1946

Oil on canvas

36 × 24 in

91.4 × 61 cm

Mexican Flower Vendor, 1946

Oil on canvas

36 × 28 in

91.4 × 71.1 cm

Swimmers and Sunbathers, 1945. 

Oil on canvas, 

28 x 48 1/4 inches

Female Artist, 1945

Oil on canvas

32 × 40 in

81.3 × 101.6 cm

Rocky Coast, 1944-1945

Oil on canvas

Girl by Lake, 1944

Oil on canvas (framed)

42 × 26 in

106.7 × 66 cm

Bridge to the Sea 1944 

Oil on canvas

The Nursemaid 1934. 

Oil on canvas

48 x 32 in. (121.9 x 81.3 cm)

Oxcart - Blue Sea 1943

Oil on canvas

32 1/8 x 44 in.

Woman Drawing 1942 

Oil on canvas

Little Fox River, 1942.

Oil on canvas. 

91.8 x 122.2 cm. 

Self-portrait, 1941.

Oil on canvas. 

137.16 x 86.36 cm

Canadian Cove 1940

Oil on canvas . 

81.2 x 121.9 cm

Church by the Sea, 1939

Gouache on paper

21 9/16 × 29 13/16 in

54.8 × 75.7 cm

Man Fishing 1938

oil on fiberboard

10 x 13 1⁄2 in

Untitled (Long Barn), 1937

Gouache on black paper

18 × 24 in

45.7 × 61 cm

Clowns, 1935

Oil on canvas

49 4/5 × 38 1/10 in

126.4 × 96.9 cm

Rothko and Child, 1932

Oil on canvas board

55.6 x 35.6 (cm)

Spotlight or Singing Trio, from the Theater Series, 1931

Gouache on paper

12 × 18 in

30.5 × 45.7 cm

Seaside, 1931.

Oil on canvas. 

81.28 x 101.6 cm

Seated Male Figure, circa 1922

Oil on board

23 7/8 × 23 in

60.6 × 58.4 cm

展览现场 

罗斯科曾经说：“他是伟大的诗人，因为他的画面就像诗集，充满宁静、甜美、质朴。他是诗人中的探索者，强有力地表达着他的内心世界。”