life and works of robert mangold

Life and Works of Robert MangoldThomas Elmore

ART103Averett University

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Biography1937 Born in North Tonawanda, New York1956/1959 Studied at the Cleveland Art Institute1959 Receives Yale University Summer Art Fellowship

1960/1961 B.F.A. Yale University Graduate School, New Haven, CT

1961/1963 M.F.A. Yale University. New Haven, CT

1966 National Council for the Arts Award

1967 National Endowment of the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship

1969 Guggenheim memorial Grant

1963/1970 Professor at the School of Visual Arts, New York

1993 Skowhegan Medal for Painting

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

2001 Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York

Lives and Works in New York

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The Artist• Began in naturalism and

abstraction

• Minimalistic Style

• Monochromatic paintings

• Meditative Geometric Canvases

• Influenced by Abstract Expressionist artists

• Explores Properties of illusionism

Early Works – 1960’s

Yellow Wall (Section 1 & 2)1964Oil and acrylic on plywood and metal8 x 8 feet overall, 8 x 4 feet, each panelCollection National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCPhoto: Bill Jacobson© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

1/2 Manila Curved Area (Trisected)1967Oil and black pencil on masonite12 x 24 inchesPrivate collectionPhoto: Joerg Lohse© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

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Four Squares Within a Square (Light Blue)1974Acrylic and graphite on canvas36 x 36 inchesPrivate collectionPhoto: Ellen Labenski© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

Three Squares within a Triangle1975–1976Acrylic and black pencil on canvas72 x 144 inchesPhoto: Ellen Labenski© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)



Four Color + Painting1983Acrylic and black pencil on canvas96 x 102 inchesPrivate collectionPhoto: Ellen Page Wilson© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

Four Color Frame Painting #41984Acrylic and black pencil on canvas10 x 7 feetCollection The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the William T. Kemper Foundation--Commerce Bank, Trustee, 2001.14.A-D © 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)Images retrieved on April 1, 2017 from https://art21.org/artist/robert-mangold/:


Curved Plane/Figure VIII1995Acrylic, graphite and black pencil on canvas98 x 147 inchesPhoto: Ellen Page Wilson© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

Plane/Figure Series D (Double Panel)1993Acrylic and black pencil on canvas112 x 168 inchesPhoto: Ellen Page Wilson© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)



Column Structure XXII2008Acrylic and black pencil on canvas10 x 8 feetCollection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, BuffaloPhoto: Kerry Ryan McFate© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

Ring Image C2008Acrylic, graphite and black pencil on canvas96 inches diameterPrivate collectionPhoto: Kerry Ryan McFate© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)


Current Works – 2010’s

Robert Mangold: Ring Paintings2011Installed at The Pace Gallery, New YorkPhoto: Kerry Ryan McFate© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS) Images retrieved on April 1, 2017 from https://art21.org/artist/robert-mangold/:

Current Works – 2010’s

Robert Mangold: Framed Square With Open Center II2013part of a solo exhibition at Pace Gallery. Credit 2014 Robert Mangold/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Pace Gallery

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Framed Square with Open Center A, 2013 Soft ground and aquatint etching 27 1/4 × 27 in69.2 × 68.6 cmEdition of 40

Notoriety • Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY • The Art Institute of Chicago • Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht,

The Netherlands • The Cleveland Museum of Art• Fundació "la Caixa," Barcelona, Spain • Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC• The J. Paul Getty Trust, Malibu, CA• Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany• Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland• Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland• Los Angeles County Museum of Art • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark • The Menil Collection, Houston, TX • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY • Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany T• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands • Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.

Column Painting 92003Acrylic and black pencil on canvas144 1/4 x 24 inchesPrivate collectionPhoto: Kerry Ryan McFate© 2012 Robert Mangold, member Artist Rights Society (ARS)

Thomas Elmore: Broken Framed Circle2017Colored Pencil and Graphite on Paper

Original Artwork

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References

Frank, P. (2011). Prebles' Artforms (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Kaneda, S. (2001). Robert Mangold. Bomb Quarterly. Retrieved April 1, 2017 from:

http://bombmagazine.org/article/2401/robert-mangold

Obendorf, H. (2009) Minimalism Designing Simplicity, Hamburg, Germany: Springer

Robert Mangold Biography (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.artnet.com/artists/robert-

mangold/

Smith, R. (2014, April 17) Robert Mangold, Art in Review. Retrieved April 2, 2017 from:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/arts/design/robert-mangold.html?_r=0

Williams, E. (2005). Robert Mangold. Art Monthly, (286), 36-37.

http://bombmagazine.org/article/2401/robert-mangold

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