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catherine murphy

Born 1946 Works span 1990–1990

A Life Observed: The Photorealistic World of Catherine Murphy Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1946, Catherine Murphy emerged as a profound and singular voice within the landscape of American painting. While many of her contemporaries during the late twentieth century were swept up in the tides of abstraction or the provocative gestures of postmodernism, Murphy chose a different path—one of intense, quiet devotion to the visible w…

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1990

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1990

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catherine murphy

1946

catherine murphy

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catherine murphy

1946

The Lifeline

Chapters — Career Periods

Thumbnails — Dated Works

Colour Band — Movement Drift

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