Leon Polk Smith (1906 - 1996)
1906-05-20Chickasha, USA1996-12-04New York City, USAUSA
Leon Polk Smith
Leon Polk Smith was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follow er of the Hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute maximally reduced forms, characterized by just two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum has 27 of his paintings on permanent display.
Date and place of birt: | 20 may 1906, Chickasha, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 4 december 1996, New York City, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art style: | Abstract art, Geometric abstraction, Minimalism, Post-painterly abstraction, Post War Art, Constructivism, Contemporary art |