Stella, who was considered one of the most important US artists of his generation, died of cancer at home in New York on Saturday (local time) at the age of 87, the New York Times and the Washington Post reported, citing Harriet McGurk, the artist’s wife. In a few days, one of his most famous works, “Concentric Squares,” will go under the hammer at Christie’s auction house in New York.
Born in 1936 in the East Coast metropolis of Boston, Stella shocked the art world at the end of the 1950s with a series of completely black paintings. The black images were followed by silver and copper-colored ones. As the 1960s progressed, his pictures became more colorful, including the use of fluorescent acrylic paints. Later, Stella also made reliefs and large-scale sculptures. The play with geometric shapes remained constant.
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