Sanford Wurmfeld (born December 6, 1942)[1] is an American abstract painter. His large-scale works investigate the impact of color on mood and perception using shifts of hue and tone across grids.[2][3][4]
Wurmfeld was born in the Bronx, New York.[1] He was the Hunter College Art Department Chair from 1978 to 2006, and holds the title of Phyllis and Joseph Caroff Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus.[2] He received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1974.[5]
Wurmfeld began exhibiting in the mid-1960s.[3] His paintings have been shown in a range of solo and group shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Neuburger Museum of Art, Art Basel, Minus Space, and Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum.[1][6] Museums that hold his works in their permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art[7] and the Brooklyn Museum.[8]
Wurmfeld's influences include Georges Seurat, Josef Albers, Claude Monet, and Mark Rothko.[2][9] His work is associated with hard-edge painting and color field painting.[10] He is considered a founding member of the Hunter Color School with Gabriele Evertz.[11][12]
