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According to his son Christopher, this artist was highly influenced by Mozart's music and desired to "raise painting to the level of poignancy of music." Clyfford Still inspired this artist's late-career shift from surrealist to "multiform" paintings. This artist's visit to the Villa of the Mysteries may have inspired the use of lithol red in a series of nine paintings intended for a New York City (*) skyscraper. (10[1])Fourteen large canvases painted in dark hues decorate an octagon-shaped chapel named for this artist in Houston. This artist aimed to "ruin the appetite" of anyone who saw his murals of dark rectangles that were originally commissioned for the Seagram Building. For 10 points, name this Latvian-American color field painter. ■END■ (10[1])

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