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Robert Morris

Robert Morris (1931 - 2018) was active/lived in New York, Kansas.  Robert Morris is known for Earthworks, installation, minimalism.

"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018

Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87.

His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia.

Mr. Morris was one of a generation of artists who embraced the Minimalist credo, along with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and others. But while his peers continued to work within the genre’s austere limits, Mr. Morris went on to explore an astonishing variety of stylistic approaches, from scatter art, performance and earthworks to paintings and sculptures symbolizing nuclear holocaust.

His detractors, noting his tendency to borrow ideas from other artists freely, questioned his origina   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12941 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Robert Morris

   Robert Morris  Born:  1931 - Kansas City, Missouri
Died:   2018 - Kingston, New York
Known for:  Earthworks, installation, minimalism

"Robert Morris, Founding Minimalist Sculptor With Manifold Passions, Dies at 87," Obituary, The New York Times, By Ken Johnson, Nov. 29, 2018

Robert Morris, one of the most controversial American sculptors of the post-World War II era as a founder of Minimalism, a style of radical simplification that emerged in the 1960s and influences artists to this day, died on Wednesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was 87.

His wife, Lucile Michels Morris, said the cause was pneumonia.

Mr. Morris was one of a generation of artists who embraced the Minimalist credo, along with Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and others. But while his peers continued to work within the genre’s austere limits, Mr. Morris went on to explore an astonis  ...  Displaying 750 of 12941 characters.

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