Minimalist by originartists: Term used in the 20th century, in particular from the 1960s, to describe a style characterized by an impersonal austerity, plain geometric configurations and industrially processed materials.
See Minimalist Paintings
It was first used by David Burlyuk in the catalogue introduction for an exhibition of John Graham's paintings at the Dudensing Gallery in New York in 1929. Burlyuk wrote: 'Minimalism derives its name from the minimum of operating means. Minimalist painting is purely realistic.'
Among the artists to whom the term minimalist was originally applied are:
- Carl Andre (Born 1935) American Sculptor
- Dan Flavin (1933-1996) American Installation Artist, Fluorescent light Sculpture
- Donald Judd (1928-1994) American Sculptor
- Sol LeWitt (Born 1928) American Installation Artist
- John McCracken (Born 1934) American Sculptor
- Robert Morris (Born 1931) American Sculptor
- Richard Serra (Born 1939) American Sculptor
- Frank Stella (Born 1936) American Painter/Sculptor


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An important component of Zen art is that the character and spiritual force of the devotee is transmitted into the painting by the concentration of the artist at the time the work was brushed. Many of the most compelling works have been painted by persons of advanced age who have spent a lifetime in disciplined Buddhist practice. 