Kenneth Noland & Neil Noland

After Neil Noland was diagnosed and hospitalized with tuberculosis, he stopped working as Anthony Caro’s assistant and began to work as Kenneth’s assistant in 1967. Neil continued to work as an assistant to his brother until 1976. Norbert Lynton, an art critic said “With a lot of taste and a film director’s cunning, (Kenneth) Noland manages to tap our emotional reflex spots again and again. Like a film director, too, he is one of a team. Clement Greenberg, the critic, appears to function like a producer and it would be fair to characterize Noland’s brother [Neil Noland] as cameraman. He, at any rate, does the actual painting. He does it very beautifully, in clear, washable, colour-fast, more or less indestructible paints. The article they produce between them is certainly very acceptable and I enjoy it.” Though both brothers worked in very different mediums, it is apparent in their work that they did influence each other. Neil Noland produced works in metal and clay while his brother Kenneth was a painter. Color and line were important to both artists.