The Resume

(May 12, 1936- )
Born in Malden, Massachusetts
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Series of paintings include 'Black Paintings,' 'Aluminum Paintings,' 'Copper Paintings,' 'Irregular Polygons,' 'Protractor Series,' 'Polish Village,' and 'Scarlatti K'
Sculptures include 'Where Flower Is Blooming, Amabel' (1997), 'Cornucopia' (2000), and 'Jasper's Split Star' (2017)
Awarded the National Medal of the Arts (2009)

Why he might be annoying:

He titled a painting 'Die Fanne Hoch!' ('The Raised Banner!'), taking the title from the opening line of the Nazi anthem 'The Horst Wessel Song.'
He said the striped designs of his 'Black Paintings' forced 'illusionistic space out of the painting at a constant rate.'
The New York Times described his 1980s works as 'like something that Charlie Sheen's character might have had in his home in the 1987 film Wall Street.'
He said that a painting is 'a flat surface with paint on it -- nothing more' and that a sculpture is 'just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere.'

Why he might not be annoying:

When he first arrived in New York City, he supported himself as a house painter.
He designed the set and costumes for Merce Cunningham's dance 'Scramble.' (1967)
He was commissioned to create the logo for the centennial celebration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1969).
He was the youngest artist to have a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (1970).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Painters
• 21st Century Painters
• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 5)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 92]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5121936)
• I Attended Phillips Academy [Andover, Massachusetts]
• I Attended Princeton
• I Married in 1978
• Male Cigar Smokers
• Painters
• Profiles 57251-57500 (Ranked: 57485)
• Residents of Greenwhich Village [New York City]
• Sculptors

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying