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REINHARDT Ad, also known as Adolph Frederick Reinhardt, born 1913 Buffalo - 1967 New York; American painter. |
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| 1931-37 | Studied
art history at Columbia University in New York under Meyer Schapiro and
others. |
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| 1936 | Began
studying painting at the National Academy of Design and at the American
Artists School. |
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| 1937-47 | Joined
the American Abstract Artists group. During the war, worked as an art
critic for a magazine in New York and photographed for the Marines.
Continued his art history studies after the war at the Institute of Fine
Arts in New York and specialiced in Far Eastern art. |
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| from 1947 | Taught
at Brooklyn College and other American schools and universities. |
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| 1952/53 | First
European trip. |
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| 1955 | First
exhibition of 'Black Paintings'. |
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| 1960 | Painted
nothing else but black squares, all of the same size. |
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| 1965 | Became
active in the peace movement, protesting against the Vietnam War. |
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| 1967 | Awarded
a Guggenheim grant. |
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| 1968 | Participation
in the documenta 4 in Kassel. |
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In a logical continuation of Mondrian's abstract painting style and using a minimal palette, Reinhardt strove to achieve a purist, self-sufficient art. His black paintings are the product of this endeavour. |
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