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Frederick Hammersley, abstract painter, born in 1919, died peacefully on Sunday, May 31, 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 90. Hammersley is known as one of the Los Angeles-based "Abstract Classicists" whose work gained international attention through the exhibition Four Abstract Classicists at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1959. The term "hard-edge" was coined at the time to describe the geometric, abstract paintings by Hammersley, Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson, and John McLaughlin. Hammersley moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1968 to assume the position of Assistant Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico and remained in Albuquerque until his passing. Hammersley is survived by his sister Susie H. Stone, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. There will be a Memorial Service on June 20, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the University of New Mexico Alumni Chapel.
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