Hollis Frampton

Biography

Hollis William Frampton Jr. was born on March 11, 1936, in Wooster, Ohio, to Nellie Cross Frampton and Hollis William Frampton. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he befriended notable artists Frank Stella and Carl Andre, and later failed to graduate, forfeiting a National Scholarship to Harvard University. A pioneer of structuralism, he is known for innovative and non-linear films like Lemon (1969) and Zorns Lemma (1970).