| 1926/27 |
Studied
at Spokane University in Washington. |
| 1931-33 |
Studied
at Spokane University in Washington, where he later became
an art teacher himself. His pupils at colleges and universities
in California, Virginia and New York included Tobey and Rothko
and many other Abstract Expressionist painters. |
| 1930s |
In the
30s, inspired by the works of Cezanne and van Gogh, he painted
abstract figures and landscapes, while his works of the 40s
are more Surrealist in character, being based on mythological
themes and the workings of the subconscious. |
| 1943 |
First
solo-exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art. |
| 1947 |
Around
1947 he developed his last painting style: large canvases,
usually covered in a thick, monochrome-black layer of paint
and framed by bright contrasting colours. |
| 1959 |
Participated
in documenta 2 in Kassel and in the exhibition at the Albright-Knox
Art Gallery in Buffalo (NY). |
| 1979 |
Retrospective
at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1992 |
Retrospective
at the Kunsthalle Basel. |
| 2005 |
Clyfford
Still Museum opens in Denver, Colorado |
