"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died on Wednesday in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 95. His death, at Scripps Memorial Hospital, was caused by heart failure, said Arne Glimcher, the founder and chairman of the international Pace Gallery, which has shown Mr. Irwin’s work since... Read full biography
"Robert Irwin, Artist of Fleeting Light and Space, Is Dead at 95," Obituary by Jori, Finkel, October 25, 2023, The New York Times. Part of a bold, experimental 1960s movement, his work sought to make viewers active participants in their experience of encountering art. Robert Irwin, an acclaimed Southern California artist associated with the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, who early on stopped making paintings in favor of creating ephemeral and sometimes intangible art environments, died on Wednesday in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 95. His death, at Scripps Memorial Hospital, was caused by heart failure, said Arne Glimcher, the founder and chairman of the international Pace Gallery, which has shown Mr. Irwin’s work since 1966. Mr. Irwin lived in San Diego. Within the contemporary art world, Mr. Irwin’s work on human attention a... Read full biography
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About Robert Walter Irwin: Books
Books & Publications (65)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Helen Lundeberg and the Illusory Landscape: Five Decades of Painting
2004
Hickey, Dave; Diane Moran
136 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Dia: The Collection in Beacon
2003
M. Govan, L. Cooke
288 pages (color)
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Robert Irwin Getty Garden
2002
Weschler, Lawrence
0 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Gallery of Art
545 pages
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
The Trans Parent Thread Asian Philosophy in Recent American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Gelburd, Gail/Geri De Paoli
124 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
American Art of the 1960s
1988
Sandler, Irving
412 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Twentieth Century Artists on Art
1985
Ashton, Dore (Editor)
302 pages
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
American Art Now
1985
Lucie-Smith, Edward
160 pages (color)
Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute
1985
Perine, Robert
260 pages (color)
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Pluralist Era: American Art 1968-1981
1984
Robins, Corrine
246 pages (color)
California Museums The Los Angeles Times Book of
1984
Wilson, William
288 pages (color)
American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980
1982
Johnson, Ellen H (editor)
274 pages
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name... A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin