With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Carl Andre
Sculpture
1935 –
From the late 1960s onwards, Andre’s art became an important reference point for many subsequent artists both in North America and in Western Europe - largely because he was seen to have reduced sculpture to its essential state.
- Biography/Description of Work
Minimalist sculptor, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, educated in local public schools. In 1951, at the age of 16, Andre was awarded a scholarship to attend Phillips Academy, the prestigious boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts. Under the tutelage of the painters Maud and Patrick Morgan, he received his only formal art training. In the mid-1950s he shared a studio in New York with Frank Stella.
- Sources view
- http://www.theartstory.org/index.htm
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