"Although resident in America, Morley was the first winner of the Turner Prize in 1984. Funded by the 'Patrons of New Art' affiliated to London's Tate Gallery, this prize was subsequently awarded annually for 'outstanding contributions' to...
Full-length character portrait of performer and director Victor Morley wearing a checked suit, tie and straw hat, and leaning on a cane. Morley was born in Greenwich, England, circa 1871, and died in New York City in 1935. He first performed the...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Musicians; Pianists; Teachers; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Frederick Morley of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a hard collar and printed tie. Crop marks outline his image, and the photograph is discoloring with age. Stamped on back of image: February 12, 1924. Handwritten on back: Head of Piano...
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"[…] the German painter Gerhard Richter […] looked back mournfully on painting's loss of public function in his October 18, 1977 (1988), a cycle of 15 paintings which mimicked the appearances of blurred black-and-white photographs. Richter...