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Merrill Wagner
Born1935 (1935)
Seattle, Washington
NationalityUnited States
Alma materSarah Lawrence College
SpouseRobert Ryman
Websitemerrillwagner.com

Merrill Wagner (born 1935, Seattle)[1] is an American visual artist. In 1957 Wagner graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.[2] She settled in New York City[3] where she studied with Edwin Dickinson and attended the Art Students League of New York.[2] Wagner began her career working in the Minimalist style. Her later work incorporates representational painting executed on a variety of surfaces.[4][5] Wagner is a member of American Abstract Artists.[6]

Wagner's work was included in the 1971 exhibition Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum[7] and the 2022 exhibition 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone also at the Aldrich.[8] Her work is in the collection of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,[9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[10] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[11]

Wagner was the second wife of fellow artist Robert Ryman (1930 – 2019) whom she married in 1969,[12] and with whom she had two children.[13]

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  1. ^ a b "Merrill Wagner". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Looking at the Land: Merrill Wagner Paintings". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Merrill Wagner". New York Studio School. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Merrill Wagner". The Brooklyn Rail. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  5. ^ Madsen, Kristian Vistrup (22 April 2022). "Merrill Wagner". Artforum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Current Members". American Abstract Artists. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  7. ^ "Lucy Lippard - Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists". Printed Matter. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ^ "52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone". The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Merrill Wagner". The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  10. ^ Wagner, Merrill (1988). "Untitled". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Merrill Wagner". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Now Representing The Estate of Robert Ryman and artist Merrill Wagner". David Zwirner. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  13. ^ "The House of Ryman: A Family of Artists". Art & Object. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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