Karl Benjamin
American painter (1925 - 2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American abstract expressionist painter. For the YouTube commentator, see Carl Benjamin.
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, CA, 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]
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Karl Benjamin | |
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Born | (1925-12-29)December 29, 1925 |
Died | July 26, 2012(2012-07-26) (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 |
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