Robert Ryman

Robert Ryman is a painter who is known best for his abstract paintings. Robert Ryman creates most of his paintings using just white paint. Most critics view him as a minimalist. He refers to himself as more of a realist. His work is not there to create illusions; instead he only wants to create art, showing what he had used at their face value. Most pieces are with white paint on square canvas. Robert Ryman gives his pieces titles that have absolutely no meaning. He only uses titles as a way to identify a painting. He names them based on the names of supplies, companies, or just general words.