An upcoming Huntington show will touch on Frederick Hammersley's role as pioneer and prophet of digital art. After moving to New Mexic...

Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009): Paired, 1961, oil on linen

Obituary: ‘Abstract classicist’ painter with a crisp, rigorous style dubbed ‘hard-edge’

If you’re familiar with the paintings of Frederick Hammersley, you’ll be thrilled by this show. And if you're new to the artist, it's an even bigger treat.

Frederick Hammersley - Couplet #15, 1965

If you’re familiar with the paintings of Frederick Hammersley, you’ll be thrilled by this show. And if you're new to the artist, it's an even bigger treat.

Is it possible to be an emerging artist when you’re dead? Yes. Frederick Hammersley (American, 1919-2009) worked in Los Angeles for many years, until in the late ’60s when he was nearly…

There is a lot that could be said about Hammersley's paintings. In fact, there should be. Alas, my time at the moment does not allow me to expand. Suffice it to say that there is a lot going on here between organic and geometric, between analytic rigor and synthetic playfulness, reason, irrationality, structure, color, paint handling, responsiveness, and thoughtfulness. Enjoy the images, even if a camera shortchanges the nuances.

Paula Wilson is in residency at UNM as the 2021 Frederick Hammersley Visiting Artist for the spring semester. She is giving a free public lecture discussing her process, influences, and

There is a lot tha...

Frederick Hammersley was one of the Four Abstract Classicists, a group of groundbreaking young painters working in Southern California after World War II. Hammersley’s work is emblematic of their hard-edge painting style. Much like the artist himself, his artwork he created is measured, clever, intelligent, and cool. Hammersley kept comprehensive notebooks and sketchbooks that capture his thought process, […]

Notebooks and materials from Hammersley's studio will help tell the story of modern painting in Los Angeles.

Obituary: ‘Abstract classicist’ painter with a crisp, rigorous style dubbed ‘hard-edge’

Is it possible to be an emerging artist when you’re dead? Yes. Frederick Hammersley (American, 1919-2009) worked in Los Angeles for many years, until in the late ’60s when he was nearly…