Mid-twentieth century American abstractionist Frederick Hammersley first gained critical attention in 1959 for his bold hard-edge paintings with their unmodulated geometric forms defined by sharply delineated edges. Working at the same time as artists of the Minimalist movement, many of his compositions were based on the square and grid, yet he did not necessarily share Minimalism's more conceptual aims.

Born in Utah, Hammersley studied and taught in California before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There he began making prints at the Tamarind lithography workshop. Hammersley's work has been rediscovered in recent years, and he is now recognized as a master classicist of abstraction.

Source: News, Jan Fen Mar 2014