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Frank Stella

[American Minimalist Painter and Sculptor, born in 1936]

• Relationships: Studied under Hans Hofmann.
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Original works by Frank Stella available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Notable SiteArt Institute of Chicago

Notable SiteFine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1870-1970, 1970
Untitled, 1964

Notable SiteGuggenheim Museum, New York City

Notable SiteHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Many works online

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

Notable SiteMuseum of Modern Art, New York City
3 works by Frank Stella online

Notable SiteFrank Stella at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Jarama II, 1982

Notable SiteNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Works from the Kenneth Tyler Collection of international prints

Notable SiteNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri
Swan Engraving Blue, 1983 (Zoom)

Notable SiteNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Raqqa II, 1970

Notable SiteNorton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Notable SiteSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Notable SiteThe Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
2 works online

Notable SiteWetmore Print Collection at Connecticut College
Great reproductions of 9 prints

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Akron Art Museum, Ohio   NEW!
Diepholz, 1981

Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio
Agbatana III

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Die Fahne Hoch, 1967

Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois
7 works online (Note that this site opens each work in a new window)

Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, Indiana

Brooklyn Museum, New York City   NEW!

Brooklyn Museum/Luce Center for American Art, New York City
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Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, Charleston, West Virginia

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Botafogo II

Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
Yellow Journal, State I, 1982

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
3 works online

David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
Wolfeboro II, 1966

Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany (in German)  

Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Basra Gate II (Protractor Series)

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Information about the 2006 exhibition, "Frank Stella 1958"

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Japan (in Japanese)  

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
etology (C29, 1X), 1990

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
The Prophet (D16, 2X), 1990

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Alphabetically under "S"

Frank Stella in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, Florida
Le Neveu de Rameau, 1974

Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest

MacKenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
5 works online

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

Frank Stella at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Gemini G.E.L. prints

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Yazd II (Khurasan Gate Stretch Variation), 1968

Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
The Spirit - Spout, 1988

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2 works by Frank Stella online

Pomona College Museum of Art, California
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Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey   NEW!

San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
Double Scramble, 1968

Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Ciezowa II

Frank Stella at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Frank Stella at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington D.C.
Page from Stella's sketchbook, 1966-67

Frank Stella at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington D.C.

Tate Gallery, London, UK

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid   NEW!
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Untitled, 1966

Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands
Effingham I, 1967

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut
Sinjerli Variation IV

Walker Art Center, Minnesota

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Die Fahne Hoch, 1959

Wichita Art Museum, Kansas   NEW!

 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

 
Pictures from Image Archives:
Notable SiteWorld Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  
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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X

PBase Photo Sharing
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Darabjerd III, 1967

USC Annenberg School for Communication

 
Miscellaneous Sites:
Howard Tullman's Art Collection
Grid

PBS
Profile of the artist, specifically in reference to the influence of Hans Hofmann

Repository of Abstract Art

The Fine Arts Conservancy, Florida
Interesting before-and-after examples of artwork restorations
Untitled

The Legacy Project
"A gathering place for people interested in the enduring legacies of the many violent traumas of the 20th century"
The Polish Village Series

The Legacy Project
"A gathering place for people interested in the enduring legacies of the many violent traumas of the 20th century"
Exhibit of The Polish Village Series

UBS Financial Services Art Collection

 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Notable SiteEncyclopedia Britannica complete article on Frank Stella  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Notable SiteGrove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)  

Notable SiteUnion List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Notable SiteWikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Art & Antiques Magazine
"Stella's Places"

ARTnews
Named as one of "The 10 Most Expensive Living Artists"

Cigar Aficionado
Rings of Art
Frank Stella, one of the most renowned artists of the late twentieth century, has been using cigar smoke as an inspiration

Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)   NEW!  

The New York Observer
Article by Hilton Kramer: It's Ugly, Drafty, Ghastly: Stella's Work in a Garage

The New York Observer
Article by Hilton Kramer: Frank Stella, Rank Amateur, in an Overhyped New Show

Time Magazine
"Stella and the Painted Bird", 1978 article by Robert Hughes

Time Magazine
"Expanding What Prints Can Do", 1983 article by Robert Hughes

Time Magazine
"The Grand Maximalist", 1987 article by Robert Hughes

 
Multimedia:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Flash presentation of 15 works, including Stella's Zeltweg, 1981
(click "explore 15 works" when you get past the intro)

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Interactive Flash feature: Frank Stella and the Anderson Collection

The Charlie Rose Interview Show (PBS)
Stella participates in a 1996 discussion about Abstraction


"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books:Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.            
Search Inside Books:Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.
 
search inside

Working Space


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Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words and Shapes


 
 
 
 
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Your Lips are Blue, 1958
Your Lips are Blue, 1958

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Frank Stella: Peterson IV
Peterson IV

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Frank Stella: Lincoln Center Festival '67
Lincoln Center Festival '67

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Frank Stella: West Broadway, 1958
West Broadway, 1958

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Seward Park, 1958
Seward Park, 1958

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