Ad Reinhardt
American painter and printmaker
Biography
Adolph Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an American abstract painter and art theorist active in New York City for more than three decades. As a theorist he wrote and lectured extensively on art and was a major influence on conceptual art, minimal art, and monochrome painting.
Most famous for his "black" or "ultimate" paintings, he claimed to be painting the "last paintings" that anyone can paint. He believed in a philosophy of art he called Art-as-Art and used his writing and satirical cartoons to advocate for abstract art and against what he described as "the disreputable practices of artists-as-artists".
He was a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and part of the movement centered on the Betty Parsons Gallery that became known as Abstract Expressionism. He was also a member of The Club, the meeting place for the New York School abstract expressionist artists during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Brooklyn College
Genres
- abstract art
- geometric abstraction
Awards & honours (1)
- Guggenheim Fellowship
Quick answers about Ad Reinhardt
- How old was Ad Reinhardt?
- Ad Reinhardt died on August 30, 1967 at the age of 53.
- When is Ad Reinhardt's birthday?
- Ad Reinhardt was born on December 24, 1913.
- Where was Ad Reinhardt born?
- Ad Reinhardt was born in Buffalo.
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- Ad Reinhardt's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
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- Ad Reinhardt is a citizen of United States.
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- Ad Reinhardt is known as painter, university teacher, printmaker, collagist.
