Sol LeWitt

Artist, Visual Artist

1928 – 2007

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Who was Sol LeWitt?

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.

LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.

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Born
Sep 9, 1928
Hartford
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Syracuse University
    ( - 1949)
  • School of Visual Arts
  • New Britain High School
Employment
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • Seventeen
  • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Lived in
  • Hartford
  • New York City
  • Chester
Died
Apr 8, 2007
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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