Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt , 1928-2007, American artist, b. Hartford, Conn. LeWitt, who came into prominence in the 1960s, termed his work conceptual art , emphasizing that the idea or concept that animates each work is its most important aspect. He is probably the artist most often linked with the conceptual art movement. Reflecting his study of mathematics, Lewitt reduced the contents of his art to the most basic shapes, colors, and lines, creating modular cubes and grid structures, geometric "wall drawings," and serial graphics. His work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, and in other major American museums.

LeWitt, Sol (b Hartford, Conn., 9 Sept. 1928). American sculptor, printmaker, writer, and Conceptual artist. His career did not take off until the early 1960s, when he turned to sculpture and became one of the leading exponents of Minimal art. His ‘structures’, as he prefers to call them, characteristically involve permutations of simple basic elements, sometimes arranged in box- or table-like constructions. He is also an exponent of Conceptual art; in 1968, for example, he fabricated a metal cube and buried it in the ground at Visser House at Bergeyk in the Netherlands, documenting photographically the object's disappearance (this has also been considered an example of Land art). LeWitt has also written numerous articles on Conceptual art. His other work includes prints in various techniques.

LeWitt, Sol (1928– ). American sculptor, graphic artist, writer, and Conceptual artist. His career did not take off until the early 1960s, when he turned to sculpture and became one of the leading exponents of Minimal art. His ‘structures’, as he prefers to call them, characteristically involve permutations of simple basic elements, sometimes arranged in box- or table-like constructions. He is also an exponent of Conceptual art; in 1968, for example, he fabricated a metal cube and buried it in the ground at Visser House at Bergeyk in the Netherlands, documenting photographically the object's disappearance (this has also been considered an example of Land art). LeWitt has also written numerous articles on Conceptual art. His other work includes prints in various techniques.