Jeffrey Wasserman (1946 – July 2, 2006, in
Millerton, New York
Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States with a population of 958 at the 2010 census. The village was named after Sidney Miller, a rail contractor who helped bring the railroad to that area.
Millerton is part of the Poug ...
) was an
abstract art
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.
Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th ...
ist who became known in New York in the 1980s for his colorful and expressive oil paintings.
Background
He was an early pioneer in Soho and showed his work extensively in the East Village and Soho during the 1980s and 1990s. He was closely allied with artists
Jeff Koons
Jeffrey Lynn Koons (; born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror- finish su ...
,
Peter Halley
Peter Halley (born 1953) is an American artist and a central figure in the Neo-Conceptualist movement of the 1980s. Known for his Day-Glo geometric paintings, Halley is also a writer, the former publisher of ''index Magazine'', and a teacher; he ...
and
Saint Clair Cemin.
Wasserman died of cancer at his home on July 2, 2006.
[http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14993042.htm Obituary]
References
External links
Official website* http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n12_v83/ai_17860746
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1946 births
2006 deaths
Jewish American artists
Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
Jewish painters
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
Painters from New York City
People from Millerton, New York
20th-century American Jews
21st-century American Jews
20th-century American male artists