Frank Stella La scienza della pigrizia (The Science of Laziness) 1984, oil, enamel and alkyd paint on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum and fiberglass, National Gallery of Art Washington DC

Frank Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter and printmaker. He is a significant figure in minimalism, post-painterly abstraction, patterns and offset lithography. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 636 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (742 × 700 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)La scienza della laziness (The Science of Laziness) by Frank Stella, 1984, oil, enamel and alkyd paint on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum and fiberglass, National Gallery... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 636 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (742 × 700 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)La scienza della laziness (The Science of Laziness) by Frank Stella, 1984, oil, enamel and alkyd paint on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum and fiberglass, National Gallery... This article is about the year. ... Synthetic motor oil An oil is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state (oily) at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally water fearing) and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally fat loving). This general definition includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated... The word enamel can mean more than one thing: Tooth enamel Vitreous enamel Enamel (markup language) Enameled wire This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alkyd coatings are a class of polyester coatings derived from the reaction of an alcohol (alkohol) and an acid or acid anhydride hence the term alk-yd from alcohol and acid or anhydride] and are the dominant resin or binder in most oil-based coatings sold to the consumer market. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Canvas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... General Name, symbol, number magnesium, Mg, 12 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, period, block 2, 3, s Appearance silvery white solid at room temp Standard atomic weight 24. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre) is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... The West building of the National Gallery of Art with the East building visible behind and to to the left The National Gallery of Art is an art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1937 by the Congress, with funds for... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. ... Post-painterly Abstraction is a term created by art critic, Clement Greenberg in the 1960s to distinguish his idea of pure art from the Abstract Expressionism movement of about the same time. ... A pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of rules) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are generated have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred or discerned... The Offset Printing process Offset printing is a widely used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or offset) first to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. ...

He was born in Malden, Massachusetts. After attending high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he went on to Princeton University, where he painted, influenced by the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline, and majored in history. Early visits to New York art galleries would prove to be an influence upon his artistic development. Stella moved to New York in 1958 after his graduation. Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1640 Incorporated 1649 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Richard C. Howard Area  - City  5. ... Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover or simply P.A. or Andover) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Essex County Settled 1642 Incorporated 1646 Government  - Type Open town meeting  - Town Manager Reginald Buzz Stapczynski  - Board of    Selectmen Ted Teichert (2009) Mary Lyman (2008) Alexander Vispoli (2010) Jerry Stabile (2010) Brian Major (2009) Area  - Town  32. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... Jackson Pollock, No. ... Controversy swirls over the alleged sale of No. ... Franz Klines Painting Number 2, 1954 Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 - May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist group which was centered, geographically, around New York, and temporally, in the 1940s and 1950s; but not limited to that setting. ... HIStory - Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double-disc album (one half greatest hits, one half studio album) by American musician Michael Jackson released in June of 1995 by the Epic Records division of Sony BMG. The first disc, (HIStory Begins) contains fifteen hit singles from the past... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Late 1950s and early 1960s

Upon moving to New York City, he reacted against the expressive use of paint by most created by simply using the path of the brush stroke, very often using common house paint. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

This new aesthetic found expression in a series of paintings [the Black Paintings (1958–60)] in which regular bands of black paint were separated by very thin white pinstripes of unpainted canvas. Die Fahne Hoch! (1959) is one such painting. It takes its name ("The flag on high" in English) from the first line of the Horst-Wessel-Lied, Art]] in New York (1959–60). Stella joined dealer Leo Castelli’s stable of artists in 1959. From 1960 he began to produce paintings in aluminum and copper paint which, in their presentation of regular lines of color separated by pinstripes, are similar to his black paintings. However they use a wider range of colors, and are his first works using shaped canvases (canvases in a shape other than the traditional rectangle or square), often being in L, N, U or T-shapes. These later developed into more elaborate designs, in the Irregular Polygon series (1965–67), for example. See also: 1957 in art, other events of 1958, 1959 in art, list of years in art // Awards Exhibitions Jean Arp retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City Works Births Deaths Paul Henry, painter Categories: 1958 | Years in art ... This was the Pop Art decade. ... The Horst Wessel Lied (Horst Wessel Song), also known as Die Fahne Hoch (The flag on high, from its opening line), was the anthem of the NSDAP of Germany, chosen to glorify Horst Wessel as a Nazi martyr. ... See also: 1958 in art, other events of 1959, 1960 in art, list of years in art Works Births Deaths December 14 - Stanley Spencer, painter Categories: 1959 | Years in art ... This was the Pop Art decade. ... Leo Castelli (1907–1999) was an Austro-Hungarian art dealer. ... See also: 1958 in art, other events of 1959, 1960 in art, list of years in art Works Births Deaths December 14 - Stanley Spencer, painter Categories: 1959 | Years in art ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... Shaped canvas paintings are done on canvas in a shape other than the traditional rectangle. ... // Sculptor Barbara Hepworth is created a Dame. ... See also: 1966 in art, other events of 1967, 1968 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ...

Frank Stella Harran II 1967

Also in the 1960s, Stella began to use a wider range of colors, typically arranged in straight or curved lines. Later he began his Protractor Series (1967–71) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1966 in art, other events of 1967, 1968 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Late 1960s and early 1970s

Stella began his extended engagement with printmaking in the mid-1960s, working first with master printer Kenneth Tyler at Gemini G.E.L. Stella produced a series of prints during the late 1960's starting with a print called Quathlamba I in 1968. Stella's abstract prints in lithography, screenprinting, etching and offset lithography (a technique he introduced) had a strong impact upon printmaking as an art.

In 1967, Stella designed the set and costumes for Scramble, a dance piece by Merce Cunningham. The Museum of Modern Art in New York presented a retrospective of Stella’s work in 1970. During the following decade, Stella introduced relief into his art, which he came to call “maximalist” painting for its sculptural qualities. Ironically, the paintings that had brought him fame before 1960 had eliminated all such depth. The shaped canvases took on even less regular forms in the Eccentric Polygon series, and elements of collage were introduced, pieces of canvas being pasted onto plywood, for example. His work also became more three-dimensional to the point where he started producing large, free-standing metal pieces, which, although they are painted upon, might well be considered sculpture. After introducing wood and other materials in the Polish Village series (1970–73), created in high relief, he began to use aluminum as the primary support for his paintings. As the 1970s and 1980s progressed, these became more elaborate and exuberant. Indeed, his earlier Minimalism [more] became baroque, marked by curving forms, Day-Glo colors, and scrawled brushstrokes. Similarly, his prints of these decades combined various printmaking and drawing techniques. In 1973, he had a print studio installed in his New York house. See also: 1966 in art, other events of 1967, 1968 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... Merce Cunningham (born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, United States) is an American dancer and choreographer. ... This article is about the museum in New York City. ... See also: 1969 in art, other events of 1970, 1971 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... “Sculptor” redirects here. ... This was the Pop Art decade. ... A collage composed of magazine articles and pictures Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ... Toy constructed from plywood. ... “Sculptor” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ... See also: 1969 in art, other events of 1970, 1971 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... See also: 1972 in art, other events of 1973, 1974 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... Blacklight paint or blacklight-reactive paint is paint that glows under a blacklight. ... See also: 1972 in art, other events of 1973, 1974 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ...

1980s and afterward

Stella's Memantra in the roof garden

From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Stella created a large body of work that responded in a general way to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. During this time, the increasingly deep relief of Stella’s paintings gave way to full three-dimensionality, with sculptural forms derived from cones, pillars, French curves, waves, and decorative architectural elements. To create these works, the artist used collages or maquettes that were then enlarged and re-created with the aid of assistants, industrial metal cutters, and digital technologies. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3872 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3872 pixel, file size: 2. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... For other uses, see Moby-Dick in popular culture. ...

In the 1990s, Stella began making free-standing sculpture for public spaces and developing architectural projects. In 1992–93, for example, he created the entire decorative scheme for Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre, which includes a 10,000-square-foot mural. His 1993 proposal for a kunsthalle and garden in Dresden did not come to fruition. His aluminum bandshell, inspired by a folding hat from Brazil, was built in downtown Miami in 1999. In 2001, a monumental Stella sculpture was installed outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. See also: 1991 in art, other events of 1992, 1993 in art, list of years in art, List of art events. ... See also: 1992 in art, other events of 1993, 1994 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... The Princess of Wales Theatre is a 2000-seat theatre located at 300 King Street West in the heart of Torontos Entertainment District. ... A square foot is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 foot long. ... Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ... See also: 1992 in art, other events of 1993, 1994 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... See also: 1998 in art, other events of 1999, 2000 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... See also: 2000 in art, other events of 2001, 2002 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... The West building of the National Gallery of Art with the East building visible behind and to to the left The National Gallery of Art is an art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum was established in 1937 by the Congress, with funds for... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

Stella’s work was included in several important exhibitions that defined 1960s art, among them the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s The Shaped Canvas (1964–65) and Systemic Painting (1966). His art has been the subject of several retrospectives in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Among the many honors he has received was an invitation from Harvard University to give the Charles Eliot Norton lectures in 1983–84. Calling for a rejuvenation of abstraction by achieving the depth of baroque painting, these six talks were published by Harvard University Press in 1986. The artist continues to live and work in New York. The front of the Guggenheim Museum from 5th Avenue This article refers to the Guggenheim Museum in the upper east side of Manhattan (New York). ... See also: 1963 in art, other events of 1964, 1965 in art, list of years in art. ... // Sculptor Barbara Hepworth is created a Dame. ... 1966 in art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... The brothers Charles Benjamin Norton, Frank Henry Norton, and Charles Eliot Norton, between 1853-1855. ... The completion of the Jean Claude/Christo environmental artwork, Surrounded Islands in 1983. ... See also 1983 in art, Other events of 1984 1985in art, List of years in art Events The Turner Prize is awarded for the first time. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... See also: 1985 in art, other events of 1986, 1987 in art, list of years in art. ...

Gallery

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References

• Busch, Julia M., University ISBN 0-87982-007-1
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