Ruth Kligman - Wikipedia
WEBRuth Kligman (January 25, 1930 – March 1, 2010) was an American abstract artist [1] who was romantically involved with two prominent American artists of the mid-20th century, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
Ruth Kligman, Muse and Artist, Dies at 80 - The New York Times
WEBMar 6, 2010 · Ruth Kligman, an abstract painter who for decades seemed to know everyone and be everywhere in the art world and who was the lone survivor of the 1956 car crash that killed Jackson Pollock, her...
The Canvas and the Triangle - Vanity Fair
WEBAug 22, 2012 · Jackson Pollock’s mistress Ruth Kligman said she watched him paint it, as a love token, just before his fatal 1956 car crash. But the Pollock-Krasner Authentication Board, whose members were...
The Story of Ruth Kligman, the Woman at the Center of the ... - ELLE
WEBNov 25, 2013 · Ruth Kligman was Jackson Pollock's mistress (and survived his fatal crash), Williem de Kooning's lover, and even had a dalliance with Jasper Johns.
RUTH KLIGMAN (1930–2010) - Artforum
WEBMar 7, 2010 · Ruth Kligman, an abstract painter who for decades seemed to know everyone and be everywhere in the art world and who was the lone survivor of the 1956 car crash that killed Jackson Pollock, her lover at the …
Who Was Ruth Kligman? - ARTDEX
WEBWas she simple the woman who earned the nickname “death-car girl” from poet Frank O’Hara after being the sole survivor of the crash that ended the life of “the greatest painter” of abstract expressionist movement heralded by art critic Clement Greenberg? Or was there more to her story?
RUTH KLIGMAN: The Driver's Seat - The Brooklyn Rail
WEBRuth Kligman, a passenger in Pollock’s Oldsmobile on the night of August 11, 1956, survived the horrific crash. Her friend, Edith Metzger, was not so fortunate. Kligman was a voluptuous and savvy aspiring painter who narrowly escaped a life of predestined normalcy in New Jersey (she left that role to her identical twin Iris).
Pollock, De Kooning, Johns, Warhol, Kline – Their Muse and …
WEBRuth Kligman’s unusual and little-known story is interwoven into the history of modern art. In addition to her sexual relationships with Pollock and Willem de Kooning, she had strong friendships with Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Franz Kline.
Destructive Pollock's last lover - The Sydney Morning Herald
WEBMar 10, 2010 · Although badly injured, Ruth Kligman an artist in her own right, survived to become romantically involved with a string of significant art figures. She has died in New York, aged 80.
Ruth Kligman (1930-2010) - The Daily Beast
WEBMar 11, 2010 · Ruth Kligman, the abstract artist known as the lone survivor of the car crash that killed Jackson Pollock more than 50 years ago, died last week in New York.