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Rita Blitt on the Lifelong Art of Creating

Source: publishtime:2025-01-02 22:48:30

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Rita Blitt on the Lifelong Art of Creating

The Midwestern painter, who developed an Abstract Expressionist practice away from New York’s buzzy circles, is now in her 90s and defying expectations of what an artist should be. Avatar photoby Maya Pontone
Artist Rita Blitt photographed by Nancy Rubin (image courtesy Nancy Rubin)

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Installation view of (left) Rita Blitt’s “Untitled” (2002) and (right) Elaine de Kooning’s “On the Way to San Remo” (1967)
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