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How Did Sol Lewitt Influence Art

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Sol LeWitt was a pioneer in Modern Art. He was a father to Minimal and Conceptual art styles, both of which have a huge impact on much of the art done today. If not for his family, however, he would never have become such a huge impact. DeWitt’s mother took him to art classes at Wadsworth Atheneum as a child, which led to him receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Syracuse University in 1949. We have Sol’s mother to thank for his influence on art today, as it was her who got him to take classes for it in the first place. After which, however, Sol enlisted in the Korean war. His time serving was spent in California, Japan, and lastly, Korea. He then moved to New York City, where he bought a studio in the old Ashkenazi Jewish settlement,

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