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Frank Stella

<p><b>Frank Philip Stella</b> (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and <a href="/en/Printmaker" title="Printmaker" class="mw-redirect wl">printmaker</a>, noted for his work in the areas of <a href="/en/Minimalism" title="Minimalism" class="wl">minimalism</a> and <a href="/en/Post-painterly_abstraction" title="Post-painterly abstraction" class="wl">post-painterly abstraction</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> Stella lives and works in New York City.</p>

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mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Frank Stella</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Frank_Stella_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Frank_Stella_2012.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Frank_Stella_2012.jpg/220px-Frank_Stella_2012.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="821" data-file-type="bitmap" height="331" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Frank_Stella_2012.jpg/330px-Frank_Stella_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Frank_Stella_2012.jpg/440px-Frank_Stella_2012.jpg 2x" alt="Frank_Stella_2012.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Frank Philip Stella</div><br><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1936-05-12</span>) </span>May 12, 1936<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>86)</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/en/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts" class="wl">Malden, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known<span>&nbsp;</span>for</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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title="Printmaker" class="mw-redirect wl">printmaker</a></li><li>sculpture</li><li>architect</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Movement</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Modernism" title="Modernism" class="wl">Modernism</a>, <a href="/en/Minimal_art" title="Minimal art" class="mw-redirect wl">minimal art</a>, <a href="/en/Abstract_expressionism" title="Abstract expressionism" class="wl">abstract expressionism</a>, <a href="/en/Geometric_abstraction" title="Geometric abstraction" class="wl">geometric abstraction</a>, <a href="/en/Abstract_illusionism" title="Abstract illusionism" class="wl">abstract illusionism</a>, <a href="/en/Lyrical_abstraction" title="Lyrical abstraction" class="wl">lyrical abstraction</a>, <a href="/en/Hard-edge_painting" title="Hard-edge painting" class="wl">hard-edge painting</a>, <a href="/en/Shaped_canvas" title="Shaped canvas" class="wl">shaped canvas</a> painting, <a href="/en/Color_field_painting" title="Color field painting" class="mw-redirect wl">color field painting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data">1984 <a href="/en/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University" class="wl">Harvard University</a> <a href="/en/Charles_Eliot_Norton" title="Charles Eliot Norton" class="wl">Charles Eliot Norton</a> lectures<br><a href="/en/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts" class="wl">National Medal of Arts</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>


Frank Philip Stella is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. 