Al Held

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Al Held was an American abstract painter known for his large-scale, hard-edged geometric compositions that explored space, depth, and perception.

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instanceOf American artist
abstract painter
painter
person
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-10-12
dateOfDeath 2005-07-27
educatedAt Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Art Students League of New York
employer Yale University
familyName Held
fieldOfWork abstract geometric painting
painting
fullName Al Held
genre abstract painting
givenName Al
hasWorkInCollection Guggenheim Museum, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced contemporary abstract painters
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism
European modernism
linked to: Modernism
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Abstract art
Geometric abstraction
Hard-edge painting
notableFor exploration of space depth and perception in painting
large-scale geometric compositions
public murals and large-scale commissions
notableWork Ascension
The Alphabet Paintings series
The Big N
The Black and White series
The Volumes series
The Walls series
The Yellow X
Veiled V
occupation art professor
painter
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Todi, Umbria, Italy
linked to: Todi
residence New York City
servedIn United States Navy
style hard-edged geometric forms
large-scale murals and canvases

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