“I think it was partly from the war, partly a wanting to see something new. It was his color or this sort of anti-color, a willingness to use something raw and brutal.” [1] “A great many artists imitated or adapted various aspects of his painting, and reacted against others.” [2] Above: A close-up image of an untitled painting, dated 1950 (verso) by Fred Martin (1927 - 2022), one of Clyfford Still’s students at the California School of Fine Arts in 1949. [3] Photo by Greg Colley.
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1. McChesney, Mary Fuller. A Period of Exploration: San Francisco 1945-1950. Oakland, California. The Oakland Museum Art Department. 1973. Jack Jefferson quoted in reference to his reaction to paintings by Clyfford Still. Pg. 44.
2. Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945 - 1980, An Illustrated History. Berkeley and Los Angeles. University of California Press. 1985. Still’s influence on students at the California School of Fine Arts. Pg. 32.
3. About my art in 1947-49 (Adapted from my catalog essay in Fred Martin, a Retrospective, 1948-2003 published by the Oakland Museum of California, 2003. FredMartin.net. http://www.fredmartin.net/Fred_Martin_Art/1947-49_Texts.htm. Fred Martin referring to a class he took at the California School of Fine Arts, “I had what was called at SFAI a "working scholarship" for the fall of 1949 (David Park got it for me), and took a class from Clyfford Still.”
Landauer, Susan. The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. Berkerley and Los Angeles. University of California Press, LTD. 1996. p. 35.