The Wadsworth Atheneum shows that the American painter’s subtlety of line and originality of palette set him apart from his peers
In a career that overlapped with the end of Impressionism and the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, Milton Avery’s subtlety of line and originality of palette always set him apart. This major survey at the Wadsworth Atheneum (5 March–5 June) – Avery’s first in the United States for three decades – brings together 60 works that range from intimate depictions of daily life and portraits of friends and family to vivid landscapes and luminous abstractions, which had a profound influence on younger artists such as Rothko, Newman and Gottlieb. The show is organised by the Royal Academy in London, where it travels in the summer (15 July–16 October). Find out more from the Wadsworth’s website.