Frank Stella, known for his eye-popping colors and minimalist modern style, dies at 87

American artist Frank Stella, known for his bold and bright synthetic colors, pin-stripes, symmetry in his pieces — and cool modern minimalist style — died at his home in the West Village of New York's Manhattan borough on Saturday. He was 87. The New York Times reported that his wife, Dr. Harriet E. McGurk, confirmed his cause of death after a battle with lymphoma — a type of cancerthat begins in the cells of the lymph system.

Stella is known to have invented multiple styles, including a form of neo-Baroque that includes metallic elements with complex reliefs. His body of work also includes numerous sculptures. Art critics noted his"crisp, geometric-shaped canvases in eye-popping synthetic colors," Peter Schjeldahl wrote. He played a known role in redefining painting in the 1950s and 1960s with what critics called zero-degree abstraction, but with maximal-ism in dazzling color combinations.

Stella's work was displayed by the Museum of Modern Art in a collection of works from 1970 to 1987 that was also published online. In it you see works that appear to almost lift off the surface, even in print. William Rubin wrote in Art International magazine in 1960 that he was “almost mesmerized” and said the works had an “eerie, magical presence."

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