Robert MANGOLD

A central figure in the postwar American art world, Robert Mangold's (b. 1937) work stands at the intersection of Minimalism and painterly invention. After graduating from Yale (with classmates Richard Serra and Brice Marden), he relocated to New York City. By 1964, Mangold had developed his signature vocabulary: geometric shapes, subtle color, and hand-drawn graphite lines that define the form. His connections to Sol LeWitt, Robert Ryman, and the critic Lucy Lippard center his practice within the intellectual core of Minimalist theory. Since the 1970s, printmaking has been an essential part of his practice, developed in collaboration with major presses like Crown Point and Pace Prints. Mangold’s prints are not secondary to his paintings—they articulate the same visual ideas in a medium with unique tactile, textural qualities. Mangold’s prints and paintings are held in major institutions including MoMA, the Guggenheim, Tate Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, SFMOMA, and others across Europe, Asia, and North America.