Editing Dan Flavin (section)

{{Short description|American minimalist artist (1933 - 1996)}}
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| name             = Dan Flavin
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| birth_name       = Daniel Nicholas Flavin Jr.
| birth_date       = {{birth date |1933|4|1}}
| birth_place      = [[Jamaica, New York]], US
| death_date       = {{death date and age |1996|11|29|1933|4|1}}
| death_place      = [[Riverhead, New York]], US
| nationality      = American
| style            = [[Installation art]]<br>Sculpture<br>[[Site-specific installation|Site-specific installation art]]
| training         = [[Columbia University]]
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| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* Sonja Severdija,
* [[Tracy Harris]]
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| children         = Stephen Flavin
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[[File:Site-specific installation by Dan Flavin, 1996, Menil Collection, Houston Texas.JPG|thumb|right|Site-specific installation by Dan Flavin, 1996, [[Menil Collection]]]]
[[File:" 14 - ITALY - Dan Flavin in Milan - Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa church - LED lightning - color emotion - colorful.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of [[Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa]]. [[Milan]], Italy.]]

'''Dan Flavin''' (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American [[Minimalism|minimalist]] artist famous for creating [[sculpture|sculptural]] objects and installations from commercially available [[Fluorescent lamp|fluorescent light]] fixtures.