frank
stella
1936 – 2024
“But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.”
Bio
Born in Malden, Massachusetts, Frank Stella was an influential American artist. After studying history and painting at Princeton, he moved to New York in 1958, quickly gaining recognition for his innovative work rejecting illusionistic space in favor of flat, shaped canvases, as seen in his early Black, Aluminum, and Copper Paintings. From the 1980s to ’90s, Stella’s work evolved into three-dimensional reliefs and large-scale sculptures inspired by architectural forms and literature, notably Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. He also created public art installations and architectural designs, including Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre mural and Miami’s aluminum bandshell. Stella’s work was featured in landmark exhibitions defining 1960s art, and he delivered the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in the 1980s. He lived and worked in New York until his death.
Frank Stella
Sinjerli Variation IV
31.87" x 42"
Lithograph and screen print in colors from 4 runs from 50 aluminum plate sections and 1 screen on 320gram Arches Cover wove paper