Ward Jackson (September 10, 1928 in

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– February 3, 2004) was an American visual artist most closely associated with post painterly abstraction and minimalism, an archivist at the

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, and the co-founder and editor of the publication "Art Now Gallery Guide". In 1952 he received his bachelor's and MFA from the

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of the

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. He then studied with the painter Hans Hofmann. His opus is known for its diamond shaped works. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum , the

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, and MoMA, among others.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Ward 20th-century American painters 1928 births 2004 deaths People from Petersburg, Virginia