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July 27, 2005 (76 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Celebrities born on October 12
Born in 1928
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Libra named Al
Painters from New York
Painters born in United States
76 years old celebrities
First name Al
Al Held is an American Abstract Expressionist painter. He is especially known for his large format Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, many style changes have occurred throughout his career, however none of these have coincided with a popular emerging style or anti-action. a specific art form. In the 1950s, his style reflected the melody of abstract expressionism, then shifted to the geometric style in the 1960s. In the 1980s, there was a shift to painting that emphasized a space. Bright geometry reflects infinite depth. From 1963 to 1980, he was professor of art at Yale University.
BornOctober 12, 1928, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 27, 2005, near Todi, Italy
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Students League of New York, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract expressionism, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Geometric abstraction, Hard-edge painting

About Al Held

Painter Al Held was born on October 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, United States (He dies at the age of 76, on July 27, 2005).

Abstract expressionist painter best known for his large-scale Hard-edge paintings. In 1967, he began experimenting in black-and-white images with perspective and spatial conundrums.

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Al Held before becoming famous

Al Held was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1928 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

After being released from the Navy in 1947 and becoming friends with Nicholas Krushenick, he developed an interest in art. He spent three years at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

Achievement of Al Held

In 1966, he was awarded the renowned Logan Medal of the Arts.

Al Held's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born into a poor Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, who were forced to live on welfare during the Great Depression. He was born and reared in the Bronx.

Al Held Collabed with

His Abstract Expressionist paintings, together with those of Painter Willem de Kooning, were particularly well-known.

Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) (Painter)
Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997)

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Al Held Income & Net worth

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