New York, California / Guatemala. 1903 - 1981
Minimal, pop word play, collage, mural
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1928 Brooklyn, New York - 2005 Todi, Italy. Known for: Geometric abstract painting.
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is... Read full biography
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is stark, usually large-scale, and much of its "in-your-face" forcefulness reflects his desire to bridge the... Read full biography
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is stark, usually large-scale, and much of its "in-your-face" forcefulness reflects his desire to bridge the division between viewers and his paintings. He was born as Alvin Jacob Held in Brooklyn and grew up there and in the Bronx during Depression times when his Polish-Jewish family had a hard time... Read full biography
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is stark, usually large-scale, and much of its "in-your-face" forcefulness reflects his desire to bridge the division between viewers and his paintings. He was born as Alvin Jacob Held in Brooklyn and grew up there and in the Bronx during Depression times when his Polish-Jewish family had a hard time financially. He was asked to leave high school because of chronic in-attendance, so he joined the Navy in 1945 and served for two years. He began associating with people interested in "leftist" politics and art and attended the Art Students League from... Read full biography
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is stark, usually large-scale, and much of its "in-your-face" forcefulness reflects his desire to bridge the division between viewers and his paintings. He was born as Alvin Jacob Held in Brooklyn and grew up there and in the Bronx during Depression times when his Polish-Jewish family had a hard time financially. He was asked to leave high school because of chronic in-attendance, so he joined the Navy in 1945 and served for two years. He began associating with people interested in "leftist" politics and art and attended the Art Students League from 1948 to 1949. Then with money from the G.I. Bill of Rights, he went to Paris and enrolled at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. Ossip Zadk... Read full biography
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New York, Connecticut. Born 1937
Geometric, minimal abstract painting
New York. 1924 - 2007
Abstract expressionist painting, collage
New York, Maine. 1924 - 2010
Minimalism, geometric, abstract expressionist painting
New York, South Dakota. 1922 - 1990
Abstract minimal-color field
District Of Columbia. 1920 - 1985
Neo-dada-pop, geometric-optical and mural painting
New York, Massachusetts. 1900 - 1982
Cubist and geometric expressionist painting
New York, Massachusetts. 1908 - 1984
Abstract expressionist and gestural painting, collage
New York. 1927 - 2023
Abstract expressionist to hyper-real figure painting, self-portraits
New York, Wyoming / Russian Federation. 1907 - 1981
Geometric abstract painting, murals, teaching
New York. 1923 - 2002
Modernist pop figure, word image genre painting
New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Indiana. 1907 - 2002
Stainless steel kinetic sculpture, some drawing
New York, Connecticut. 1928 - 2011
Abstract imagery-stain painting
New York, Massachusetts, California / Germany. 1880 - 1966
Abstract expressionist painting, art teaching
New York / Greece. 1938 - 2023
Minimal non objective painting, collage, pop art
New York. 1929 - 2022
Whimsical pop art sculpture, public installations
New York, Massachusetts / Italy. 1913 - 2000
Canvas collage, surreal cityscape
District Of Columbia, Maryland. 1912 - 1962
Serial abstract painting-stains and stripes
California, New York / China. Born 1933
Large scale geometric sculpture, drawings
New York, Vermont, Illinois / France. 1921 - 1999
Abstract expressionist painting- fantasy
New York, Illinois / France. 1925 - 1992
Abstract expressionist painting, modernist figure
New York, Massachusetts. 1910 - 1962
Action, abstract expressionist painting, teaching
New York / France. 1917 - 2004
Abstract expressionist painting
New York, Illinois / Germany. 1915 - 1994
Abstract expressionist painting, illustration
New York. 1922 - 2007
Color-field abstraction, sculptor, graphics
New York, Texas / Switzerland. 1928 - 1994
Minimalist three-dimensional constructions, abstract imagery
New York. 1903 - 1974
Primitive painting-totemic non objective and realism
New York, Missouri. 1906 - 1992
Modernist genre to abstraction, collage
New York / Russian Federation. 1899 - 1988
Cubist monchromatic wood assemblage
New York / Netherlands, Germany. 1904 - 1997
Abstract expressionist painting, figurative
New York, Minnesota. 1916 - 1992
Biomorphic to minimal painting, portrait
New York. 1922 - 1997
Abstract expressionist painting, biomorph, geometric, surrealism