Ad Reinhardt

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Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt ("Ad" Reinhardt) (December 24, 1913–1967) was a painter, writer, and pioneer of conceptual and minimal art. He was also a critic of abstract expressionism. Reinhardt is best known for his so-called "black" paintings which appear at first glance to be simply canvanses painted black but are actually composed of black and nearly black colors.

Reinhardt was born in Buffalo, New York, and studied art history iro at Columbia University. He went on to study painting with Carl Holty and Francis Criss at the American Artists School, then at the National Academy of Design under Karl Anderson. From 1936, he worked for the WPA Federal Art Project, and he soon became a member of the American Abstract Artists group.

Having completed his studies at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Reinhardt became a teacher at Brooklyn College and later at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the University of Wyoming, Yale University and Hunter College, New York.

External link

• On Ad Reinhardt by Ralph Lichtensteiger
• Ad Reinhardt bio at Guggenheim Museum site.