Edwin Parker “Cy” Twombly, Jr. (April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011) was an American artist who became famous for his freely scribbled, large-scale, calligraphic-style graffiti paintings on solid fields of mostly off-white, tan, or gray colors. Twombly used the nickname “Cy” after his father, who was pitched in Major League Baseball for a short time, and another baseball pitcher, Cy Young. Twombly’s paintings often integrate painting and drawing. His paintings were exhibited worldwide. Learn more »
Paintings by Cy Twombly in Chronological Order
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| Ritual, 1949 | Landscape, 1951 | Min-Oe, 1951 |
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| Myo, 1951 | Untitled, YEAR | Zyig, 1951 |
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| Solon I, 1952 | Untitled, 1952 | Quarzeat, 1953 |
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| Tiznit, 1953 | Untitled, 1953 | Untitled, 1953 |
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| Untitled, 1953 | Untitled, 1954 | Academy, 1955 |
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| Panorama, 1955 | Untitled, 1959 | Untitled, Rome, 1960 |
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| Ferragosto III, 1961 | Ferragosto IV, 1961 | Ferragosto V, 1961 |
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| School of Athens, 1961 | Ides of March, 1962 | Leda and the Swan, 1962 |
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| Leda and the Swan, 1963 | School of Athens, 1964 | Cold Stream, 1966 |
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| Night Watch, 1966 | III Notes from Salalah, (Note II), 1968 | Untitled, 1970 |
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| Untitled, 1972 | Returning from Tonnicoda, 1973 | Untitled (Bastian 38), 1973 |
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| Pan, 1975 | Fifty Days at Iliam. Ilians in Battle, 1978 | Fifty Days at Iliam. Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector, 1978 |
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| Fifty Days at Iliam. Shades of Eternal Night, 1978 | Fifty Days at Iliam. Shield of Achilles, 1978 | Fifty Days at Iliam. The Fire that Consumes All before It, 1978 |
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| Pan II, 1980 | Suma, 1982 | Anabasis, 1983 |
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| Anabasis (Xenephon), 1983 | Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part I, 1984 | Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part II, 1984 |
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| Hero and Leandro (A Painting in Four Parts) Part III, 1984 | Proteus, 1984 | Victory, 1984 |
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| Hero and Leander (To Christopher Marlowe) [Rome], 1895 | Untitled, 1895 | Untitled, 1895 |
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| Untitled, 1988 | Untitled Part I, 1988 | Untitled Part V, 1988 |
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| Nicola’s Irises, 1990 | Untitled, 1990 | Souvenir, 1992 |
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| Quattro stagioni, Part I Primavera, 1993 | Quattro stagioni, Part II Estate, 1994 | Quattro stagioni, Part III Autunno, 1994 |
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| Quattro stagioni, Part IV Inverno, 1994 | Quattro Stagioni, Autunno, 1995 | Quattro Stagioni, Estate, 1995 |
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| Quattro Stagioni, Estate, 1995 | Quattro Stagioni. Primavera, 1995 | Coronation of Sesostris, 2000 |
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| Coronation of Sesostris, 2000 | Lepanto, panel 5, 2001 | Untitled I, 2005 |
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| III Notes From Salalah (Note I), 2007 | Untitled (Peonias series), 2007 | Untitled, (Peony Blossom Painting), 2007 |
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| The Rose (I), 2008 | Untitled, 2008 | Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves III, 2009 |
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| Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves IV, 2009 | Leaving Paphos Ringed With Waves V, 2009 | Camino Real (II), 2010 |
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| Blue Room | Lepanto, panel 1 | Lepanto, panel 10 |
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| Lepanto, panel 3 | Lepanto, panel 12 | Lepanto, panel 4 |
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| Lepanto, panel 2 | Lepanto, panel 6 | Lepanto, panel 7 |
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| Lepanto, panel 9 | Naples | Untitled |
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| Wilder | Summer Madness | Untitled |