AD REINHARDT

AD REINHARDT. ABSTRACT PAINTER FROM 1930S AND THROUGH 1960S. PART OF THE MOVEMENT CENTERED AROUND THE BETTY PARSONS GALLERY KNOWN AS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. HE WROTE AND LECTURED EXTENSIVELY ON ART AND WAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON CONCEPTUAL, MINIMAL ART AND MONOCHROME PAINTING. MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS "BLACK" OR "ULTIMATE" PAINTINGS, HE BELIEVED IN A PHILOSOPHY OF ART HE CALLED ART-AS-ART AND USED HIS WRITING AND SATIRICAL CARTOONS TO ADVOCATE FOR ABSTRACT ART. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.