Sol LeWitt was an iconic American artist born in 1928. His work helped estaplish both Minimalism and Conceptual Art in the 70s
Some of his most fundamental pieces are his Wall Drawings also Known as Supergraphics. Supergraphics are large environmental graphics applied to walls and floors that build an identity or transform the space.
LeWitt conceptual works demonstrated his intellect and creativity. “When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art,” he wrote in his seminal 1967 essay Paragraphs on Conceptual Art.
LeWitt continued to work until his death in 2007. He truely was a profound hardworking artist of his time and over the course of his career he had a major influence on both his peers and younger artists including Frank Stella and Eva Hesse.