FRANK STELLA FORESHADOWED MANY OF THE ARCHISTARS' FORMS, BUT HE WAS BLOCKED BY THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE FOR HIM DESIGNING A CONVENTIONAL BUILDING WOULD BE LIKE PAINTING STILL LIFES

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Frank Stella, painter and sculptor, was born in Maiden, Massachusetts, in 1936. He studied at Phillips Academy in An clover and graduated from Princeton University in 1958 with a major in history. He then moved to New York. He was influenced by such figures as Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. In 1970, MoMAin New York devoted a retrospective exhibition to him, the youngest ever artist to receive such recognition.%Frank Stella, pittore e scultore, nasce a Malden, Massachusetts, nel 1936. Ha studiato alla Phillips Academy ad Andover, si è laureato in storia alla Princeton Uni versi ty nel 1958 e si è poi trasferito a New York. Influenzato da figure quali Franz Kline e Jackson Pollock, nel 1970 il MoMAdi New York gli dedica una mostra retrospettiva: fu il più giovane artista a ricevere un tale riconoscimento.