Cy Twombly

American painter and artist (1928–2011).

Born April 25th, 1928 in Lexington. [ref]

Died July 5th, 2011 at 83 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
draftsperson, drawer, painter, photographer, printmaker, sculptor
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde