Karl Benjamin | |
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| Born | December 29, 1925 |
| Died | July 26, 2012 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Redlands; Claremont Graduate University |
| Known for | oil painting |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge painting |
| Spouse | Beverly Jean Paschke |
Karl Stanley Benjamin (December 29, 1925 – July 26, 2012[1]) was an American painter of vibrant geometric abstractions, who rose to fame in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles–based Abstract Classicists and subsequently produced a critically acclaimed body of work that explores a vast array of color relationships. Working quietly at his home in Claremont, California, he developed a rich vocabulary of colors and hard-edge shapes in masterful compositions of tightly balanced repose or high-spirited energy. At once intuitive and systematic, the artist was, in the words of critic Christopher Knight, "a colorist of great wit and inventiveness."[2]
- ^ Cube, Culture (July 28, 2012). "Karl Benjamin was a famed abstract painter, noted Claremonter". Claremont Courier. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Muchnic, Suzanne (July 26, 2012). "Karl Benjamin dies at 86; painter created colorful geometric works". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2012.