1. Frank Stella -
... as he had expected, he took up painting in a serious manner.6 After two essentially accidental paintings, the next 16 months found him penciling lines on raw canvases, partially filling in the open spaces with black house-paint. Being the idea cruncher that he was, Stella set out to ... Expressionists portrayed Stella's bold entry into a new dimension of art. The process left stripes that appeared to have uncertain parameters between the penciled lines. They became known as The Black Paintings, and four were first shown in 16 Americans (1959-60) at the Museum of Modern Art in ... rectang...
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