Frank Stella

Frank Stella has been known for helping to launch the Minimalism movement. First impacting the art world by endowing non-representational artwork with new significance, Stella's instantly acclaimed 1958 Minimalist paintings contrasted Abstract Expressionism's emotional canvases. He has constantly reinvented himself, creating increasingly textured, dynamic and vivid work.

Although he began creating art when Abstract Expressionism's gestural brushstrokes were the dominant technique, Stella painted flat, smooth works that led the art world in another direction, towards Minimalism. Stella was an early advocate of making non-representational paintings, rather than artwork that alluded to underlying meanings, emotions or narratives. Like Ellsworth Kelly, he wanted his audience to appreciate color, shape and structure alone. Stella changed the very notion of a painting by declaring his flat canvases, structured reliefs, metal protrusions and freestanding sculptures all to be paintings.

Some of Stella's work include:

Frank Stella has been a pioneer in the art world for four decades, beginning with his early fascination with Minimalism to his current love of sculptural line space and movement.