American artist Cy Twombly , known for his large-scale, calligraphic scribble paintings, has died in Rome after several days of hospitalization. He was 83. The celebrated painter had been battling ...

American artist Cy Twombly died Tuesday in Rome. He was 83. Melissa Block speaks with Josef Helfenstein, the director of the Menil Collection in Houston, where much of Twombly's art is on display. The ...

In November, one of Cy Twombly’s “blackboard” paintings will go up for sale at Christie’s and may set a new record for the artist at auction. Created in 1970, the painting, Untitled, made of white wax ...

ROME – Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose large-scale paintings featuring scribbles, graffiti and references to ancient empires fetched millions at auction, died Tuesday. He was 83. Twombly ...

Cy Twombly, 1959 (Camilla McGrath © Camilla and Earl McGrath Foundation, Inc.) Joshua Rivkin’s Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly is an account of the artist ...

Over the course of two decades, Twombly played a major role in shaping the direction of the museum's famed conservation department. New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, seen from the High Line.

Cy Twombly, a giant of post-war American Art, died today at 83. Along with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, he moved painting beyond the heroic domains of Abstract Expressionism. Where his ...

(CBS/AP) American painter Cy Twombly, whose large-scale scribbled canvases fetched millions at auction, died on Tuesday. He was 83. Gagosian Gallery spokeswoman Virginia Coleman said Twombly, who had ...

Cy Twombly, an internationally renowned American artist whose lyrically evocative signature works blur the boundaries of painting, drawing and handwritten poetry, has died. He was 83. Twombly died ...

Cy Twombly, the celebrated American painter, died Tuesday in Rome at the age of 83. Although a major figure in art, his large-scale paintings of scribbles, graffiti and unusual objects never quite fit ...