In 1959, curator and critic Jules Langsner brought together work by hard-edge painters Karl Benjamin, John McLaughlin, Frederick Hammersley and Lorser Feitelson in a historic exhibition at LACMA titled the “Four Abstract Classacists.” Frederick …

“Green is an ambassador–no, a diplomat. He can talk to anyone and he doesn’t push himself. The red is the weight-lifter and the blue is the thoughtful one." -Frederick Hammersley, 2003