Representative work by Frank Stella
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Artist

Frank Stella

1936–2024 · American

  • Princeton University
  • Phillips Academy

Frank Stella first gained attention with the severe Black Paintings, then spent decades expanding painting into shaped canvases, reliefs and increasingly sculptural constructions. His career repeatedly tested how far painting could move into physical space.

Painting; sculpture; printmaking

Objects

Artist Films

Major Works

  • Die Fahne Hoch! →
  • The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II
  • Empress of India
  • Hyena Stomp
  • Harran II
  • Protractor Variations
  • Polish Village series
  • Moby-Dick series
  • La scienza della fiacca
  • K.162

Interviews & Writing