Adolph Gottlieb (American 1903–1974) was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor associated with the first generation of Abstract Expressionists. Born in New York City, he studied at the Art Students League and traveled extensively in Europe before developing an abstract visual language influenced by mythology, symbolism, and Surrealism. Gottlieb is best known for his “Pictograph” and “Burst” paintings, which combined simplified forms, gestural abstraction, and emotional intensity, helping to shape postwar American modernism.