Robert Ryman. Le regard en acte. Archéologie Around it lie dozens of

Around it lie dozens of epigraphed blocks

A faithful reflection of the exhibition

Centenary edition

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in everyday or ritual objects from other cultures or even valuable pieces from distant countries

Robert Ryman. Le regard en acte. Archéologie Around it lie dozens ofCatalogue of the Orangerie Museum exhibition. The question is never: what to paint, but only: how to paint. Robert Ryman (1930 2019), an American painter active in New York from the 1950s, initially intended to pursue a career as a musician. To earn a living, he worked as a guard at the Museum of Modern Art, where his interest in painting grew through contact with modern European masters (Monet, Czanne, Matisse) and new American references (Rothko,