Frank Stella  (1936 - )

Frank stellas email
Hi Frank my name is Shaun Douglas
I use to work for you,building your sculptures to scale out of bulsa wood and magnesium ,with Jim Hickie in Bridgeport CT at one of the Swan buildings in the mid 80s. I always thought your art was very cool. At the time I was 17 years old, I had no idea who I was working for, i was just working to have money for beer and to chase woman, but I thought it was cool working on your art, you asked me if I was a artest, and I said yes but I was afraid of what people would think of my work, you told me not to worry about what people thought,and when I was ready just do it, and if I had any thing that you could see, I said not yet. Years pass and nowi am doing some art. I am now 42 years I think I have my own style, no I don't care what people will think,,but I would like to know if I can email you one of my latest title ,Vagina Dialog painting done on muslin canvas, jesso base, with French oil, it is not done yet but it would mean allot to me for your feed back. Would you be able to send your email to my email so I can send you a picture of my painting.
I am at shaunndouglas@yahoo.com
thanks Shaun

Frank Stella
I have been a Stella (fan?)
inspired(?) artist since I started working and showing my work in 1979-80...Although I could blame limited exposure,(success) on being geographically challenged (NC) or becomming disabled with an inflammatory genetic disease (which complications from the same genetic 'screw-up' took my older brother a couple of years ago...my business partner & talented ASMP photographer)...I did have a show at SECCA several years ago, after which I had the realization that I'd either have to knock on ad agency doors and market myself as an aillustrator or move to NY (even in the late 80's NY seemed to have more than enuf artists)...So, without selling out completeley, I adapted - 'chameleonized' & raised the family and (somehow) survived - (so far) in the gray area (illustrator, commercial artist, art director, designer, etc, even detouring into the use of live coral w/ custom life support & cabinetry for display).

Regardless, my condition is degenerative & noticing I'm not (getting) any younger. I'd like to know if anyone can assist in contacting Stella (via email, snail-mail???)...

I've met/spoken to numerous successful artist, but have been unsuccessful in contacting Stella...
Soo...any sincere assistance in getting an email to him would be appreciated.

PS: One 'HiLite' was meeting 'Stanley Boxer' several years ago, which turned out - only a few years prior to 'his' passing...but still today, a source of 'often' insiration...Thanks, Kindest regards, etc...
Any help would be appreciated, sincerely...

Lac Laronge IV
Hi
I have enjoyed seeing Stella's artwork at the Toledo Museum of Art. It's Lac Laronge IV. I have a question about it--I wonder if anyone can help me. It's from the protractor series and every color area is separated from aech other by white lines, EXCEPT one. Does anyone know why that is? Thanks.

Frank Stella Sr.
Hi- I'm looking to contact Frank Stella the artist. I've been going through an archive of old sports photos from Tufts University in the late 1920s, early 1930s which belonged to my grandfather, and I have some of a Frank Stella on the Tufts wrestling team I believe. If Frank could contact me, I would love the opportunity to pass these along to him. I believe the Frank Stella in my images is his father. Thank you! -Jon Colcord (grandson of Raymond G. Ockert M.D.)

Frank's Father delivered me
My name is Frank too. I was also born in Malden Massachusetts and I was delivered by Frank's father Frank Stella Sr. who was an OB/GYN. I think I was Dr. Stella's last delivery! I would love to meet Frank someday.

hello Mr.Stella
Frank, my name is mary lyons. I have met your mom. my mom, Sandy Lyons, has taken care of her in her house. when I went for a visit,she was doing well. I am sorry she has passed away. It was nice talking to you.
Sincerely,
Mary Lyons

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Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Unveiled
ArtDaily.com reported today that the National Gallery of Art unveiled the commissioned sculpture "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X" by Frank Stella. The work weighs ten tons and measures 40 feet. It is made of aluminum, fiberglass and carbon-fiber swirls. Stella is credited with being an influential force behind the founding of the Minimalist School in the 1960's, and is considered one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century. He was born in Massachusetts, where he studied painting at Phillips Academy and became a close friend of the future Minimalist sculptor Care Andre. While studying at Princeton during the mid-1950's, Stella explored the art of Abstract Expressionism but rejected this movement. In 1959, soon after graduating from Princeton, he created a pin-striped black painting on bare canvas that caused a sensation in the New York art world, and helped steer the course of the Minimalists. Stella has exhibited his work, including drawings, prints, sculptures, and installation art, on twelve occasions in Japan, the first show premiering in 1966. In "Violet to Red Violet," there is a gradation of colors from light to dark, each color clearly demarcated and separated by crisp, white borders. This segmentation and precision is one of Stella's representative techniques.

New Sculpture
A new 20,000-pound Frank Stella sculpture: "Prince of Homburg" is to stand at a location outside the southeast corner of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. It will be unveiled sometime this summer. Made from aluminum, stainless steel, fiberglass and carbon fiber it measures 31 by 39 by 34 feet.