Representative work by Ad Reinhardt
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Artist

Ad Reinhardt

1913–1967 · American · Based in New York, USA (d. 1967)

  • Columbia University
  • National Academy of Design
  • New York University
  • Ultimate Black Paintings
  • Minimalist Monochromes
  • Satirical Cartoons

Ad Reinhardt pursued an increasingly reductive practice culminating in the near-black square paintings of the 1960s. He also wrote polemical texts and cartoons that sharply criticized the art world and defended a severe idea of autonomous art.

Painting; collage; writing; cartooning

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • Abstract Painting, Blue
  • Abstract Painting, Red
  • Abstract Painting No. 34
  • Black Painting
  • Abstract Painting, 1960–66
  • Untitled (Black Painting)
  • How to Look at Modern Art in America
  • Art Comics series
  • Abstract Painting No. 23
  • Red Painting

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing

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