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Ad Reinhardt, born on December 24, 1913, in Germany, and died on August 30, 1967, in the United States, was a renowned American abstract expressionist artist. Known for his minimalist black-toned works, he had a profound impact on the art world.

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Famous Ad Reinhardt Quotes

“As an artist I would like to eliminate the symbolic pretty much, for black is interesting not as a color but as a non-color and as the absence of color.”

Artist Black Interesting Color Absence Symbolic

Book:Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt

Source: Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt

“I want to emphasize the idea of black as intellectuality and conventionality.”

Want Ideas Black Conventionality

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“There is a black which is old and a black which is fresh. Lustrous black and dull black, black in sunlight and black in shadow.”

Black Shadow Dull Sunlight

Book:Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt

Source: Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt

About the Author

Born: December 24, 1913
Died: August 30, 1967
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 26

Books & Sources

Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad ReinhardtRelated source material

Ad Reinhardt: black paintings, 1951-1967Related source material

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