Rembrandt Gladys Schmitt: A Pioneer of Abstract Expressionism in the Early 1960s Rembrandt Gladys Schmitt (born 1961), a figure whose impact on American abstract expressionism during the early 1960s remains both significant and subtly underappreciated, emerged from a period of intense artistic experimentation. While not achieving the widespread fame of some contemporaries, her work – characterized by vibrant color fields, dynamic gestural marks, and a deeply personal exploration of form and emotion – represents a crucial bridge between the formalist tendencies of mid-century abstraction and…