Cy Twombly
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Cy Twombly 🇺🇸

Edwin Parker Twombly Jr.
Abstract Painter, Sculptor, Calligraphic Master
Born Apr 25, 1928 🇺🇸 Lexington, United States
Passed Away Jul 05, 2011 Rome, Italy
Lifespan 83 years old
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"My line is not an illustration; it is the sensation of its own realization."

Archival Overview

Master American abstract painter and sculptor whose large-scale calligraphic scribbles, graffiti-like marks, and poetic invocations of classical mythology redefined post-war contemporary art.

Biographical Record

Edwin Parker 'Cy' Twombly Jr. studied at Black Mountain College in North Carolina alongside Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. In 1957, drawn to Mediterranean antiquity and mythology, he relocated permanently to Rome, Italy.

Twombly created a radical visual language fusing drawing, writing, and painting, scrawling fragments of Homer, Virgil, and Rilke across vast white canvases like ancient graffiti. In 1995, the Menil Collection in Houston opened the dedicated Cy Twombly Gallery designed by Renzo Piano, and in 2010 he painted a permanent ceiling for the Salle des Bronzes at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

Key Life Milestones

1995

Opening of Cy Twombly Gallery in Houston

Inaugurated the Renzo Piano-designed permanent museum dedicated exclusively to his paintings and sculptures.

2010

Louvre Ceiling Commission

Unveiled his 400-square-meter painted ceiling at the Musée du Louvre, only the third contemporary artist so honored.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova)
Rome, Italy
GPS: 41.8981, 12.4697
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