Key facts
- Born
- Solomon LeWitt , ( 1928-09-09 ) September 9, 1928, Hartford, Connecticut , US
- Died
- April 8, 2007 (2007-04-08) (aged 78), New York City, US
- Education
- Syracuse University , School of Visual Arts
- Known for
- Painting, drawing, sculpture
- Movement
- Conceptual Art , Minimalism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hartford
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Educated at
- Syracuse University
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- documenta 7
- Field of work
- printmaking
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- Minimalism
- Work location
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1928-09-09
- date of death
- 2007-04-08
- has works in the collection
- Sprengel Museum
- Commons category
- Sol LeWitt
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- Commons Creator page
- Sol LeWitt
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1953-01-01
- end of work period
- 2007-01-01
- cause of death
- cancer
- floruit
- 1991-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.
LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred to "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, and artist's books. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. The first biography of the artist, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas, by Lary Bloom, was published by Wesleyan University Press in the spring of 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sol LeWitt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.