Pat Steir, the influential abstract painter celebrated for her large-scale "Waterfall" works created by pouring paint down the canvas, has died at the age of 87. Her death was confirmed by family and her gallery, Hauser & Wirth.
Steir's death marks the loss of a major figure in contemporary abstraction. Her distinctive, process-driven technique and exploration of chance and control left a significant mark on painting, influencing generations of artists and securing her a lasting place in the canon of late 20th and early 21st-century art.