Jules Olitski, Shoot, 1965, acrylic on canvas, 94 in. x 98 in. Currier Museum of Art Museum Purchase: Gift of the Friends and the National Endowment for the Arts

NEW YORK.- Avant-Garde artist Jules Olitski, 84, died in New York City. He rose to prominence in the 1960s as part of the art movement known as color field painting. He eliminated brushstrokes from his art by using stains and a spray gun to paint large canvases. Mr. Olitski was born Jevel Demikovsky on March 27, 1922, in Snovsk, Russia. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)