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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Reinhardt, Ad (1913 - 1967) USA
Abstract Painting, 1962
Oil on canvas in artist's painted wood frame; 76.4 x 76.4 cm Conceptualism
UID 102-480
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Biography
American painter and writer, Reinhardt gained recognition mainly for his work as an abstract painter and his strong contribution to Minimalism. Between 1931 and 1935, he studied Literature and History of Art at Columbia University in New York. Under the influence of one of his teachers, Meyer Schapiro, he became involved in what were considered radical politics. His decision to become an artist was reinforced during his university years, but his artistic education was only developed some years later at the National Academy of Design and the American Artists School (1936-37). In 1937, he became a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and affiliated himself to the Artists Union and the American Artists Congress, through which he met Stuart Davis whose work was a great source of inspiration. Between 1936 and 1941, he was one of the few abstract artists employed by the Easel Division of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP). In 1941, he began a period of commercial and industrial work as well as graphic design. Between 1942 and 1947, he was a reporter on the vanguard paper PM and, in 1943 and 1944, held his first one-man shows which immediately established him in the art world. In 1946, he joined the Betty Parsons Gallery where he remained for the rest of his life. In his final works, Reinhardt fused his art and aesthetic, concentrating the view of the observer on graduations of colour so subtle that they were almost impossible to see. In 1955, he held his first Black Paintings exhibition and, after 1960, he exclusively painted black paintings all of the same size. In the 60s and 70s, his initial identification with the New York school was challenged by the crucial role he undertook as a precursor of Minimalism and Conceptual Art. In a logical continuation of the abstract style of painting, and using a reduced palette, he sought a purist art exemplified by his black paintings.
Exhibitions
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Monocromos Museo Nacional, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain 15-06-2004 ~ 06-09-2004
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Nova Apresentação da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-11-1999 ~ 01-03-2000
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo) Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Spain 29-06-2006 ~ 26-11-2006
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal 24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972990300X
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Monocromos de Malevich al presente, 2004 Published by Museu Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo), 2006 Published by Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza ISBN 8495892529
Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Part I, New York, November 10 1993, lot. 15, 1993 Published by Sotheby´s
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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