Leon Polk Smith
1906–1996
Introduction
Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996) was an American painter. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian and he is a follower of the hard-edge school. His best-known paintings constitute maximally reduced forms, characterized by just two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum owns a number of his works.
Wikidata identifier
Q1818900
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, collagist, painter, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500030927
Names
Leon Polk Smith, Leon Polk-Smith, Leon Smith
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed December 19, 2025.
