Please answer the following question: Dan Christensen the American abstract painter was born in Cozad Nebraska on October 6 1942 he died in Easthampton New York on January 20 2007. He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction Color field painting and Abstract expressionism.His early work from 1965-1966 was related to Minimalism. A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute class of 1964 Dan Christensen moved to New York City from the Mid-West during the late summer of 1965. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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