Merrill Wagner | |
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Born | 1935 Seattle, Washington |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Sarah Lawrence College |
Spouse | Robert Ryman |
Website | merrillwagner |
Merrill Wagner (born 1935, Seattle) [1] is an American visual artist. In 1957 Wagner graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. [2] She settled in New York City [3] where she studied with Edwin Dickinson and attended the Art Students League of New York. [2] Wagner began her career working in the Minimalist style. Her later work incorporates representational painting executed on a variety of surfaces. [4] [5] Wagner is a member of American Abstract Artists. [6]
Wagner's work was included in the 1971 exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum [7] and the 2022 exhibition 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone also at the Aldrich. [8] Her work is in the collection of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, [9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [10] the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [11]
Wagner was the second wife of fellow artist Robert Ryman (1930 – 2019) whom she married in 1969, [12] and with whom she had two children. [13]