Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking

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May 26 2018 - Sep 9 2018

This exhibition on American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) showcases his sketchbooks, notebooks, inventories, and vibrant color swatches to illuminate the painstaking process the artist used to create his hard-edge geometric paintings. It features about 60 objects, pairing items from Hammersley’s archives with five paintings, including The Huntington’s See saw (1966), and dozens of other works, including lithographs, silkscreens, and works of digital art.


Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         



  • Various Media
  • American
  • 20th Century
  • Modernism
  • Frederick Hammersley

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