Frank Stella (born 1936) is an American painter and sculptor who is best known for his use of geometric, flat shapes. He studied history at the Princeton University, however in 1958 he moved to New York where he was exposed to the Abstract Expressionist movement. Stella found himself inspired by the works of Jasper Johns which lead to his first series of paintings known as the Black Paintings. These paintings helped to pave the way for minimalism. Stella created many colorful, clean, straightedged works. His methods and styles of creating have evolved throughout his career; for example, he constructed many three dimensional paintings and sculptures throughout the 1980s. Stella continues to work in New York.

Frank Stella’s paintings in chronological order:

Untitled Abstraction, 1956	Untitled (Green), 1957	Astoria, 1958
Blue Horizon, 1958	Seward Park, 1958	Untitled (Black and Orange), 1958
Die Fahne Hoch!, 1959	Jill, 1959	The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, 1959
Untitled, 1959	Tomlinson Court Park, 1959	Untitled, 1960
Pagosa Springs, 1960	Hampton Roads, 1961	Gran Cairo, 1962
Lake City, 1962	Untitled, 1964	Fez 2, 1964
Empress of India, 1965	Color Maze, 1966	Union I, 1966
Wolfeboro I, 1966	Sunapee I, 1966	Harran II, 1967
Ifafa II, 1967	Sunset Beach, Sketch, 1967	Turkish Mambo, 1967
Star of Persia I, 1967	Untitled, 1967	Fortín de las Flores, 1967
Delaware Crossing, 1967	Sabra III, 1967	Arbeit Macht Frei, 1967
Gezira (from Black Series II), 1967	Island No. 1p, 1967	Aghtana III, 1968
Black Adder (V Series), 1968	Khurasan Gate III, 1968	Protractor Variation IX, 1968
Untitled, 1968	Kufa Gate, 1968	Casa Cornu (First Version), 1969
Tahkt-I-Sulayman Variation II, 1969	Firuzabad, 1970	Referendum ’70, 1970
Telluride, 1970	Metropolitan Museum ‘M’, 1970	Oak Tree, 1970
Pastel Stack, 1970	Black Stack, 1970	River of Ponds I, 1971
Palmito Ranch, 1971	River of Ponds IV, 1971	Bonne Bay, 1971
River of Ponds, 1971	Michapol I, 1971	Odelsk III, 1971
Bogoria Sketch, 1972	Jasper’s Dilemma, 1972	Honduras Lottery Co., 1972
Carl Andre (from the Purple Series), 1972	Charlotte Tokayer (from the Purple Series), 1972	Kay Bearman (from the Purple Series), 1972
Olkienniki III, 1972	Sidney Guberman, from Purple series, 1972	Del Mar (from Race Track Series), 1972
Double Gray Scramble, 1973	Sidi Ifni (from America’s Hommage à Picasso), 1973	Tetuan III, 1973
Les Indes Galantes IV, 1973	Pilica II, 1973	Conway, 1974
Eccentric Polygons – Effingham, 1974	Olyka (III), from Paper Relief Project, 1975	Furg, 1975
Eskimo Curlew, 1976	Sinjerli Variation IV, 1977	Green Solitaire, 1977
Sinjerli Variations IIa, 1977	Inaccessible Island Rail, 1977	Shoubeegi, 1978
Guadalupe Island, Caracara, 1979	Polar Co-ordinates VII, 1980	Polar Co-ordinates V, 1980
Polar Co-ordinates Variant IIIa, 1980	Polar Co-ordinates IV, 1980	Talladega, 1980
Green Solitaire, 1981	Shards Variant Ia, 1982	Talladega Three II, from the Circuits series, 1982
Estoril Five II, from the Circuits series, 1982	Shards, 1982	Yellow Journal, 1982
Swan Engraving Circle II, State III, 1983	La scienza della pigrizia (The Science of Laziness), 1984	The Butcher Came and Slew the Ox, 1984
Giufà, la luna, i ladri e le guardie, 1984	And the Holy One, blessed be He…, 1984	Front Cover, from Had Gadya series, 1984
Salta nel mio Sacco, 1984	One Small Goat Papa Bought for Two Zuzim, 1984	Pegasus Three Double, 1984
The Great Heidelburgh Tun, 1988	Giufà e la berretta rossa, state II, 1989	The Waves I: Hark!, 1989
Counterpane, from The Waves series, 1989	The Musket, 1990	The Mat-Maker, 1990
The Fountain, 1992	Limanora, 1994	Whale Watch, 1994
Riallaro, 1995	Libertina, 1995	Hudson River Valley, 1996
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Ein Schauspiel, 3X, 2001	Latah, 2004	Brazilian Merganser
Rayy Sketch, YEAR	Shards III, YEAR