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Al Held , 76, Abstract Expressionist painter known for large-scale works featuring bold geometric figures, first hewing closely to the picture plane and then increasingly engaging the illusion of 3D space, died on July 27 in Todi, Italy. According to pre www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews07-28...
An abstract oil painter often using large, geometric forms with aggressive coloration, Al Held became a major figure in the New York art scene in the later part of the 20th century. His work is stark, usually large-scale, and much of its "in-your-face" f www.askart.com/AskART/H/al_held/al_held.aspx
In Held's case, he did not read either, so he did not open magazines. He spent his early years playing truant from school in New York, waiting until he could leave at 16, then joined the US navy, found he disliked that too, returned to New York in 1947 a www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/aug/01/guardianobituaries.ar...
When the young Al Held came back from Paris to his native New York, he found himself hugely stimulated by the overwhelming ferment of the art scene. The year was 1953, and Jackson Pollock had already revolutionised the possibilities for avant-garde paint www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article55759...
