Frederick Hammersley

Saw below at LACMA recently. Titled
Around a round, it was included in the landmark Four Abstract Classicists exhibition in Los Angeles in 1959 and reproduced in the show’s catalogue. As Fred described his intuitive process of creation,
“I compose a painting by hunch…. At first I would paint a shape that I would ‘see there. That one colored shape in that canvas would work, or fit. The next shape would come from the feeling of the first plus the canvas. This process would continue until the last shape completed the picture.”

Since 2009, the Frederick Hammersley Foundation has been dedicated to furthering Frederick Hammersley’s artistic legacy through charitable activities that expand the public’s awareness, appreciation, and understanding of his art and life, and of the cultural and art historical context in which he worked. It has also been committed to promoting the value of art in the life of the community and to supporting the advancement of artists’ education and creative processes.

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