Frank Stella, born on May 12, 1936, in Malden, Massachusetts, is an influential American artist renowned for his contributions to abstract and minimalist art. Stella gained recognition in the late ...
He was consumed with abstract painting and determined to keep it alive even when it became an unpopular cause among younger artists. By Deborah Solomon He moved American art away from Abstract ...
Frank Stella, in his new show at the Met, has moved from one of the cornerstones of Minimalism to a free-standing sculptor of conservative forms of installation art.