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Abstract painter Frank Stella Abstract painter Frank Stella. The 64-year-old artist was first well known in the late 1950s for his Black Paintings series -- striped monochrome works that helped touch off the minimalism movement. Over the years his work evolved from the canvas to colorful geometrical configurations of sculpture and architectural dimension. His 31-foot-high sculpture, "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel" was recently unveiled in front of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Abstract painter Frank Stella

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Abstract painter Frank Stella

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Abstract painter Frank Stella. The 64-year-old artist was first well known in the late 1950s for his Black Paintings series — striped monochrome works that helped touch off the minimalism movement. Over the years his work evolved from the canvas to colorful geometrical configurations of sculpture and architectural dimension. His 31-foot-high sculpture, "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel" was recently unveiled in front of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.