Stanley Twardowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetStanley Twardowicz
American artist
Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1917
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 12-Jun-2008
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Stanley Twardowicz
- Stanley Twardowicz (July 8, 1917 – June 12, 2008) was an American abstract painter and photographer.
- Twardowicz was born in Detroit, and studied at the Meinzinger Art School during World War II as well as working in a tank factory.
- Twardowicz began practicing photography on a 1948 trip to Mexico, and during the 1950s and 1960s he developed his painting style, related to color field paintings and abstract expressionism.
- He achieved some national recognition during the years he moved to Plainfield, New Jersey and became a regular at the famous Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village, the meeting place of fellow abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and others.
- Stanley Twardowicz was married to Ann Twardowicz (1929–1973), also a well-known painter.
- In 1971 he married artist Lillian Dodson.
- Twardowicz also befriended Jack Kerouac, and published some of the only images of the writer in his final years.
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