Five Hundred Million And Four Tenths Of 18

A tenth of a second ago, silver medalist, arrived Brazil. The Argentines came in third, nine-tenths of a second behind Brazil. The Brazilian relay team had Haroldo Lara, Manuel dos Santos, João Gonçalves and Aristarco de Oliveira. Ryder was—along with Thomas Hart Benton, David Siqueiros and Pablo Picasso—an important influence on Jackson Pollock’s paintings. Ryder completed fewer than two hundred paintings, nearly all of which were created before 1900. [Read More]