Frank Stella, known for his eye-popping art and minimalist style, dies at 87 [Video]

American artist Frank Stella, known for his bold and bright synthetic colors, pin-stripes, symmetry in his pieces — and cool modern minimalist style — died at his home in the West Village of New York’s Manhattan borough on Saturday. He was 87. The New York Times reported that his wife, Dr. Harriet E. McGurk, confirmed his cause of death after a battle with lymphoma — a type of cancerthat begins in the cells of the lymph system.

The New Yorker described Stella’s style as stunning. He made his mark on the art world after his 1959 graduation from Princeton.

Stella is known to have invented multiple styles, including a form of neo-Baroque that includes metallic elements with complex reliefs. His body of work also includes numerous sculptures. Art critics noted his “crisp, geometric-shaped canvases in eye-popping synthetic colors,” Peter Schjeldahl wrote.

Stella is recognized for grabbing onto a quickly growing Abstract Expressionism movement in a postwar United States. He juxtaposed much of his famous …