Elise Asher (1912 – 2004) was an American painter and poet. She is known for paintings on canvas and plexiglas, illustrating poems written by herself and others.

Elise Asher was a painter and poet whose integration of poetry into her works – first thematically in her early abstractions, then by integrating text into her compositions – represents a meaningful contribution to New York School painting. Her canvases of the 1950s and 1960s blend calligraphic handwriting with color and brushwork.

2023年10月27日 · Eric Firestone Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition Elise Asher: The Vintage Years, Paintings of the 1950s and 60s. This is the first exhibition in New York to survey Elise Asher’s early paintings. In this period, Asher (1912–2004) incorporated calligraphic handwriting and text into clouds of color and brushwork.

2004年3月13日 · Elise Asher, a painter and a poet who blended images and poetry in her work, died last Sunday at her home in Greenwich Village. She was 92 and also had a studio and summer home in Provincetown,...

Elise Asher’s (1912–2004) paintings of the 1950s and 1960s blend calligraphic handwriting with color and brushwork. The personal style of these linear abstractions was Asher’s unique contribution to the Abstract Expressionism movement.

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Ms. Asher's respose to the words is a beautiful, earth-loving painting: a little Milton Averyish, a little Morris Gravesian, but with a grave, haunted air of psychological mystery that is entirely her own, and has affinities with work by older artists like …

2004年3月14日 · Elise Asher, 92, a poet and painter who was known for her ability to mix verse with illustration, died March 7 at her home in New York City of complications from a broken hip. Asher, the wife...

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2011年4月2日 · View Elise Asher’s artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale.