Truitt, Anne (1921–2004)

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Truitt, Anne (1921–2004)

American artist and writer. Born Anne Dean, Mar 16, 1921, in Baltimore, Maryland; died Dec 23, 2004, in Washington, DC; dau. of Duncan Witt Dean and Louisa Folsom (Williams) Dean; Bryn Mawr College, BA in psychology, 1943; studied art with Alexander Giampetro and Kenneth Noland at Institute of Contemporary Art, 1948–50, and with Octavo Medillin in Dallas; m. James McConnell Truitt (journalist), Sept 19, 1947; children: Alexandra; Mary; Samuel.

Sculptor and painter of the minimalist school, was a potent force in American art through several decades, helping to shape the modern era of abstract art; her sculpture, and paintings masquerading as sculpture, were in the advance guard of the literalist-minimalist art movement that took a firm hold (1960s); though her work is clearly linked with the minimalist school, is more precisely a proponent of the Washington, DC, art movement known as "Color Field"; with her trademark boxes, had 1st one-woman show at Andre Emmerich Gallery in NY (1963); had solo shows at Whitney Museum in NY (1973) and Corcoran in Washington (1974); works include Autumn Dryad and Spring Snow.

See also (journals) Daybook (1982) and Turn (1986); and Women in World History.

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