Leon Polk Smith
Leon Polk Smith | |
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| Born | Leon Polk Smith May 20, 1906 |
| Died | December 4, 1996 (aged 90) New York, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pocasset High School; East Central University, BA; Columbia University Teacher's College, MA |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Stonewall, (1956) |
| Movement | De Stijl, Hard-edge School, Minimalism |
| Partner | Robert Mead Jamieson (from ~1951) |
Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996) was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follower of the Hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute maximally reduced forms, characterized by just two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum has 27 of his paintings on permanent display.