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Jules Langsner

Jules Langsner

American art critic and psychiatrist

Jules Langsner (1911—1967) was an American art critic and psychiatric social worker. Born in New York City in 1911 and died in 1967 in California. Although born in New York, Langsner did not grow up in New York. He and his family moved to Ontario, California shortly after his birth.[citation needed]

HardEdge Colorforms

Langsner has become associated with the term that he coined, along with Peter Selz, "hard-edge painting." [1]

References

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    http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5v19r00h/ It was in 1959 that Langsner and art historian Peter Selz originated the phrase "hard-edge painting" to describe the colors, shapes and style of abstract expressionist painting on the West Coast.
  • Social Security death index. Accessed August 2, 2010.
  • the-Artist.org. Accessed January 17, 2009.
  • Kadishart[permanent dead link]. February 19, 2005. January 19, 2009.
  • Kleiner, Fred S. Mamiya, Christin J. Gardner's Art Through The Ages. Belmont Ca.: Thomson Higher Education, 2006.
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