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1931 Kansas City, Missouri - 2018 Kingston, New York. Known for: Earthworks, installation, minimalism.
"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018. Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American... Read full biography
"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018. Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification... Read full biography
"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018. Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87. His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia. Mr. Morris was one of a... Read full biography
"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018. Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87. His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia. Mr. Morris was one of a generation of artists who embraced the Minimalist credo, along with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and others. But while his peers continued to work within the genre’s austere limits, Mr. Morris went on to explore an astonishing variety of stylistic... Read full biography
"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018. Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87. His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia. Mr. Morris was one of a generation of artists who embraced the Minimalist credo, along with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and others. But while his peers continued to work within the genre’s austere limits, Mr. Morris went on to explore an astonishing variety of stylistic approaches, from scatter art, performance and earthworks to paintings and sculptures symbolizing nuclear holocaust. H... Read full biography
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"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018
Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87.
His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia.
Mr. Morris was one of a generation of artists who embraced the Minimalist credo, along with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and others. But while his peers continued to work within the genre’s austere limits, Mr. Morris went on to explore an astonis...But wait, there's more...
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