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Anthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture.
Anthony Peter Smith, meglio conosciuto come Tony Smith (South Orange, 23 settembre 1912 – New York, 26 dicembre 1980), è stato uno scultore e architetto statunitense accreditato fra i pionieri del minimalismo
The 31-foot red steel sculpture For Marjorie (1961), for example, stands in the grounds of MIT, whilst the 35-foot, 75-foot-wide orange arch Last (1979) is located in downtown Cleveland. As well as excelling across multiple media, Smith was a pioneer of Minimalism.
- American
- September 23, 1912
- South Orange, New Jersey
- December 26, 1980
Sculpture. By the early 1960s Smith’s playful, puzzle-solving experiments with mathematics and geometry would inform a rigorous and ambitious practice making sculpture.
Anthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture.
- American
- September 23, 1912
- South Orange, New Jersey, United States
- December 26, 1980
Anthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture.
The American artist Tony Smith occupies an important place in the history of twentieth-century art and design. Born in 1912 in South Orange, New Jersey, he is best known for his large-scale sculptures—inventive polygonal forms made of steel, most painted black—of the 1960s and ’70s.
