Sol LeWitt

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

Dear Carol,I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of your husband,Sol.My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

May we extend our most heartfelt condolences for the insurmountable grief that has stricken you with the passing of Maestro LeWitt, husband, father and artistic genius.

dear carol and daughters:
we are so sorry for your loss. our sincere condolences to you all.

marilyn & david hendel

To: The LeWitt Family
So sorry to read about your loss.When a loved ones falls a sleep in death it is no easy. But the Bible give us a hope.Job 14:14-15 say Job wanted to know if a person die can he live again. Yes this is what the bible promise the earth becomes a paradise and our loved ones are brought back to life on earth.

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

I'm sorry for your loss. I recently lost my husband of 46 years. My maiden name was Lewitt and I'm wondering if we are related. I was born in the Bronx in 1938.

Rest in Peace.

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well-lived.

note to sol,
thanks again for turning the art world on its ear.

Through his works an artist continues to talk to even beyond this short life.

Dear Carol and all of the family,

with deppest sympathy to you and profound sadnesss to hear of the passing of a unique, thoughtful, insightful, generous, and wonderful man. His leadership and sincerity will always be cherrished as he gave to others without expecting anything in return. His vision and commttiment to other artists is unparalleled. Sol always made time for those who meeded him and people who he could help were bleessd. As a boy who learned about art and family, Sol was a guiding beacon whose light will never be blown out or deminished. With fond memories of him and my mother talking art and exchaning ideas- Sol Lewitt changed people lives in so many great ways. His art truly lives in everyone's mind and soul being touched and thankful
to have known him.

Thomas Solomon

REAT IN PEACE, SOL

NSCAD University faculty, staff and students wish to send their condolences to family and friends of this great artist. In the years of conceptual art, students and staff working with the NSCAD lithography workshop, working with precise procedural and mathematical directions from the artist, produced several wall drawings and an exquisite suite of ten lithographs. His "sentences" and "paragraphs on conceptual art" remain among the most important documents of the conceptual art era and still contain powerful lessons for young artists today.

Carol and daughters

My heart goes out to you. I will keep you in my prayers.

Love Cousin Ro

I was devistated to learn of Mr. Lewitts passing. He is my favorite artist and he ispired me in my own art. My college was fortunate enough to be friends of Mr. Lewitts and he designed a wall drawing while I was there. It was and always be a pleasure to view his work. May he rest in peace.

To all the Sol Lewitt family members I send my love and remember all our great times together, Irene

Sol Lewitt's murals in downtown Hartford are part of my earliest imagination and memories of Harford. Driving past them with my parents when I was three or four they made the city a fantastical place. His contributions to the look of Hartford, to a sort of modern promise in the city, were crucial in its ongoing struggle to maintain an identity and a purposefulness over the last 35 years. He was a tremendous, often liberating influence for me and the artists I know. And of his contemporaries those I have met always speak of him with great admiration and affection for both the quality of his work and his generosity.

Carol,
Please know that you and your daughters are in my thoughts and prayers.
God Bless

MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU. WE HAVE LOST A KIND AND GENTLE MAN WHO MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

We were saddened to hear of your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time and in the days ahead.

Although Sol stands as a giant in the history of 20th century art, he had a modest and often witty take on things. When I asked him if he was the inventor of "wall drawings," he quickly replied. "No, I think the cavemen came first."

Despite worldwide acclaim, he remained a loyal and generous son of Connecticut. Born in Hartford, Sol was always proud that he grew up just a few blocks from the Olmstead-designed Walnut Park in New Britain. His gifts to both the Atheneum and the New Britain Museum of Art were extensive. The Atheneum can boast the largest number of LeWitt wall drawings on permanent exhibition at any museum worldwide. He may well be the most important artist CT has ever produced. Frederic Church comes in a close second.

Around the age of 50, his life took a radical new turn. Thanks to his remarkable young wife Carol, he came to enjoy a rich and robust family life, with daughters Sofia and Eva. The LeWitts settled into Chester, and helped Chester bloom.

None would dispute that his influence on several generations of artists has been profound, and his influence is likely to continue into the foreseeable future. He is uniquely admired and loved by a vast number of friends in the art world, not only for his major contributions of opening up grand new avenues of possibilities in art making, but also for the unflagging support and encouragement he has offered to hundreds -- probably thousands -- of other artists, young and old.

He believed an artist should remain "open to all possibilities." Although entirely self-confident about the works he made, he genuinely enjoyed the works of other artists across a very broad spectrum of styles.

Many of us can speak of Sol¹s artistic genius, and his profound effect on generations of artists and art lovers, but to me, it was his unpretentiousness, intelligence, unit, generosity and high ethical standards that defined his total being. He was an American original, the antithesis of the romantic, self-posed artist. He lived life like he practiced his art; without focus on himself. He always said,"It¹s the art that¹s important, not the artist." How ironic, coming from someone who was so important to all of us. We will miss him, and our community will miss him dearly.

our blessing we send
Frank Cissne

Our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Sol LeWitt. May you find comfort in all your wonderful memories.

Your neighbors,
Joan & Edward Mudge