DAN CHRISTENSEN "BLUE SPLASH", 1999Dan Christensen (1942 2007) is widely recognized as one of Americas foremost color abstractionists. Over the course of forty years as an artist, Christensen was devoted to exploring and expanding the constantly shifting trends of 20th century abstraction. Christensen established his reputation at the end of the 1960s, as began using spray guns to create colorful stacks, loops, and lines in his artworks. This body of work was considered by the

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Christensen established his reputation at the end of the 1960s

in the spirit of Christo

This image was taken at the beginning of the 1940s

His work can be found in numerous private

lithography and assemblage

which she has likened

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Less well-known

In the late 1950s Town established his reputation with a series of unique abstract prints ("Single Autographic Prints") that included elements of collage

like many of her American contemporaries