Al Held

United States  • 1928  - 2005

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Painter Al Held was born in New York City. During the 1950s painted in the abstract expressionist manner. From 1960 he adopted a more geometric style, painting complex cube-like structures with heavy impasto paint. In the 1980s Al Held turned to acrylic paints, rendering precise and brightly coloured geometric forms in a deep perspectival space.

Al Held was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, however, none of these occurred at the same time as any popular emerging style or acted against a particular art form.

In the 1950s his style reflected the abstract expressionist tone and then transitioned to a geometric style in the 60s. During the 1980s there was a shift into acrylic painting that emphasized bright geometric space that’s deepness reflected infinity. From 1962 to 1980 Al Held was a professor of art at Yale University.
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All artworks of Al Held
Print, Pradorama, Al Held

Pradorama

Al Held

Print - 74 x 93 cm

$3,388

Print, Jewel of Dalmatia, Al Held

Jewel of Dalmatia

Al Held

Print - 74 x 93 cm

$3,388

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Painter Al Held was born in New York City. During the 1950s painted in the abstract expressionist manner. From 1960 he adopted a more geometric style, painting complex cube-like structures with heavy impasto paint. In the 1980s Al Held turned to acrylic paints, rendering precise and brightly coloured geometric forms in a deep perspectival space.Al Held was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, however, none of these occurred at the same time as any popular emerging style or acted against a particular art form. In the 1950s his style reflected the abstract expressionist tone and then transitioned to a geometric style in the 60s. During the 1980s there was a shift into acrylic painting that emphasized bright geometric space that’s deepness reflected infinity. From 1962 to 1980 Al Held was a professor of art at Yale University.

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The year of birth of the artist is: 1928