Al Held
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 19 years ago |
Date of birth | October 12,1928 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | New York |
United States | |
Date of died | July 27,2005 |
Died | Todi |
Italy | |
Periods | Hard-edge painting |
Op art | |
Abstract expressionism | |
Geometric abstraction | |
Post-painterly abstraction | |
Job | Painter |
Visual Artist | |
Education | The Art Students League of New York |
Art Students League of New York, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris | |
Académie de la Grande Chaumiere | |
Books | Al Held |
Al Held, new paintings | |
Al Held, 1954-1959: Paintings from the Years 1954-1959 | |
Al Held: The Last Series | |
Al Held: Unfolding | |
Al Held: Paintings 1979-1993 | |
Al Held: New Paintings : April 23-May 28, 1988 | |
Held: Concrete Abstraction | |
Known for | Painting |
Works | The Big N |
Vorcex IV | |
Taxi Cab II | |
Pachinko | |
Spouse | Sylvia Stone |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 507558 |
Al Held Life story
Al Held was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, however, none of these occurred at the same time as any popular emerging style or acted against a particular art form.