Leon Polk Smith

Leon Polk Smith
Born
Leon Polk Smith

(1906-05-20)May 20, 1906
Chickasha, Territory of Oklahoma
DiedDecember 4, 1996(1996-12-04) (aged 90)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationPocasset High School; East Central University, BA; Columbia University Teacher's College, MA
Known forPainting
Notable workStonewall, (1956)[1]
MovementDe Stijl, Hard-edge School, Minimalism
PartnerRobert Mead Jamieson (from ~1951)

Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996) was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follow[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Smith, Leon Polk (1956). "Stonewall". New York, NY: The Brooklyn Museum. p. Accession No. 2011.12.5. Retrieved 2020-3-23.
  2. ^ "Hard edge painting".
  3. ^ Past Exhibits: Leon Polk Smith - Leon Polk Smith in the Arithmeum, (2001-9-4 - 2002-2-17) Arithmeum, Bonn, Germany. Retrieved 2020-3-21.