"1925Z"^^ . . "Benjamin, Karl"@en . . "American artist" . "2012-07-26Z"^^ . "2012Z"^^ . "1925-12-29Z"^^ . . "Karl Benjamin"@en . "Karl Benjamin (December 29, 1925 \u2013 July 26, 2012) was an American painter of vibrant geometric abstractions, who rose to fame in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles-based Abstract Classicists and subsequently produced a critically acclaimed body of work that explores a vast array of color relationships. Working quietly at his home in Claremont, CA, he developed a rich vocabulary of colors and hard-edge shapes in masterful compositions of tightly balanced repose or high-spirited energy."@en .