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    Robert Ryman

    American painter (1930–2019)

    Robert Ryman

    Born(1930-05-30)May 30, 1930

    Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

    DiedFebruary 8, 2019(2019-02-08) (aged 88)

    New York City, U.S.

    Known forPainting, Conceptual art
    Spouses

    • Lucy Lippard

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      (m. 1960; div. 1966)​

    • Merrill Wagner

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      (m. 1969)​

    Robert Ryman (May 30, 1930 – February 8, 2019) was an American painter identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art.[1] He was best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings.[2] He lived and worked in New York City.

    Life and career

    Ryman was born in Nashville, Tennessee. After studying saxophone at the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in Cookeville, between 1948 and 1949, and at the George Peabody College for Teachers between 1949 and 1950, Ryman enlisted in the United States army