Thornton Willis
1936
—
2025
American painter (1936–2025)
Thornton Wilson Willis was an American abstract painter. He contributed to the New York School of painting since the late 1960s. Viewed as a member of the Third Generation of American Abstract Expressionists, his work is associated with Abstract Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction, Process Art, Postminimalism, Bio-morphic Cubism, and Color Field painting. Willis was a member of American Abstract Artists.