estate is represented by Philip Douglas Fine Art. A regular at Cedar Tavern inNYC and an instructor at Black Mountain College, Rice’s painting style had much in common with his fellow abstract expressionists—large scale, bold brushwork, and of course abstract. He balked at having that label applied to him. He declared: “Painting, or any other art form, is not about self-expression. This idea, which has spread somehow, is simply not true. And Abstract Expressionism itself is often thought of as some wild expression of the self, of emotion. This, again, is completely untrue. The last thing a painter thinks of is himself. Painting is truly a means of expressing the ineffable.”
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