A Pioneer of Abstract Expression: Bernard Childs Bernard Childs (1910–1985) emerged as a significant, yet often under-recognized, figure in the post-war American and European art scenes. His journey was one of relentless experimentation, driven by an intrinsic need to explore the fundamental elements of line, space, light, and color. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Childs’s early life offered little indication of the artistic path he woul…