Robert Irwin (artist) wife: Was Robert Irwin married?

Robert Irwin, the American installation artist, passed away on October 25, 2023, at the age of 95. He was survived by his wife, Adele (Feinstein) Irwin.

Robert W. Irwin was born on September 12, 1928, in Long Beach, California, United States of America. He became a pioneer whose work helped to define the aesthetics and conceptual issues of the West Coast Light and Space movement.

But from 1975 until his death, Robert W. Irwin also incorporated landscape projects into his practice. Irwin conceived over fifty-five site-specific projects, at institutions including the Getty Center (1992–98), Dia:Beacon (1999–2003), and the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas (2001–16).

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles mounted the first retrospective of Robert W. Irwin’s work in 1993; in 2008, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presented another, spanning fifty years of his career.

Robert W. Irwin received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1976, a MacArthur Fellowship in March 1984, and was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2007.