About Frank Stella
Said what you see is what you see, painted black stripes at twenty-two, and spent sixty years making flat paintings progressively more three-dimensional.
Where to see Frank Stella
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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9 recorded worksNational Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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14 recorded works
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, United States
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9 recorded works
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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9 recorded works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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8 recorded works
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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6 recorded works
Museum Ludwig
Cologne, Germany
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6 recorded works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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5 recorded worksPrinceton Art Museum
Princeton, United States
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5 recorded works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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4 recorded works
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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4 recorded works
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City, United States
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3 recorded works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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3 recorded works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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3 recorded works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
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3 recorded worksDetroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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3 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
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2 recorded works
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
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2 recorded works
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2 recorded works
Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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2 recorded works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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2 recorded works
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
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2 recorded works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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2 recorded worksSeattle Art Museum
Seattle, United States
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2 recorded works
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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2 recorded works
Tate
London, United Kingdom
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2 recorded works
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
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2 recorded works
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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1 recorded work
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
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1 recorded work
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States
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1 recorded work
National Gallery of Australia
Canberra, Australia
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0 recorded works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Where did Frank Stella live?
Frank Stella was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He moved to New York within a year of graduating from Princeton University.Who was Frank Stella inspired by?
Stella referenced Matisse as an inspiration.Was Frank Stella a minimalist?
Minimal art developed in the 1950s in the United States, and Stella is associated with this trend. Minimal art uses only the most simple geometric forms, and its impersonal nature is seen as a reaction to the high emotiveness of Abstract Expressionism.Frank Stella most famous work?
Frank Stella's Black Paintings are among his most famous works. They were included in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition called Sixteen Americans in 1959.Why did Frank Stella make art?
Frank Stella aimed to make decorative painting viable in abstract terms; he referenced Matisse as an example of 'decorative' in the good sense.Frank Stella most famous artwork?
Frank Stella's Black Paintings are among his most famous artworks. They were included in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition called Sixteen Americans in 1959.Is Frank Stella dead?
Frank Stella was born in 1936 and died in 2024.Frank Stella art movement?
Stella broke the stronghold of Abstract Expressionism with his paintings.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Frank Stella's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Toledo Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Städel Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Princeton Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum Whitney Museum of American Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] book guggenheim-museum00solo Used for: biography.
- [8] book Penelope J.E. Davies, Walter B. Denny, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph Jacobs, Ann S. Roberts, David L. Simon, Janson's History of Art_ The Western Tradition (8th Edition) Used for: biography.
- [9] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
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