Frank Howell Art

Frank Stella influenced art by encouraging the spread of Minimalism, an extreme form of abstraction that focuses on forms rather than meaning. Through his work, Stella challenged the notion that art must be a representation of something else. He believed that the art itself was the only true meaning of a piece. His philosophy influenced other artists and architects, such as Frank Gehry, Timothy App and Carl Andre. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Frank Stella art.

You can see Frank Stella art at a number of museums. Some institutions in the U.S. that have Stella pieces in their permanent collections include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, New York and the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. In addition, museums may host temporary exhibitions of the artist's work. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Frank Stella art.

The art style Frank Stella is known for is Minimalism, a fully nonrepresentational form of abstraction. Stella considered paintings on canvas as objects in their own right, like sculptures, rather than representations. This led him to reject certain formal conventions, eschewing sketches and often using nontraditional materials, like house paint. Find a variety of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.

Frank Stella (1936–2024) made paintings, prints and sculptures. One of the central figures in postwar American art, Stella was a proponent of minimalism and non-representational abstraction. His famous works include Sinjerli Variation IV, Harran II and his “Eccentric Polygon” series.

Stella burst onto the scene barely out of college with his “Black Paintings,” sober geometric studies composed of wide black stripes separated by chalky white lines. These won him inclusion in “16 Americans,” the famed 1959–60 group show at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He stayed at the forefront of art, working with famed gallerist Leo Castelli, relentlessly pursuing geometric form and never repeating himself. 

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Frank Stella actually used more than one element of art. A proponent of Minimalism and non-representational abstraction, Stella was a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Considering paintings on canvas as objects in their own right, like sculptures, rather than representations, he rejected certain formal conventions, eschewing sketches and often using nontraditional materials, like house paint. Over the course of his career, his pieces became more and more three-dimensional, straddling the line between painting and sculpture. In the mid-1960s, Stella started exploring printmaking, initially working with Kenneth Tyler of Gemini G.E.L. and later installing printing equipment in his own studio. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Frank Stella art.