Sol LeWitt

American, 1928–2007

LeWitt was one of the preeminent artists of his time. He received his B.F.A. from Syracuse University in 1949 and moved to New York City in 1953. In 1960 LeWitt worked at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where he met other young artists searching for a new direction away from Abstract Expressionism. The artist was a champion of Minimalist Art and a pioneer of Conceptual Art, and his work, with its vocabulary of clean lines and simple geometric forms, bridges the two. Since 1965 LeWitt’s drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and he is represented in the collections of major museums worldwide. Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, which includes 100 of the artist’s wall drawings, was installed at Mass MoCA in 2008 and remains on view.

Photo courtesy The Sol LeWitt Estate. Maria Netter.