NEW YORK—Sean Scully first made waves in the early 1970s by turning to painterly geometric abstraction at a time when Conceptualism, Minimalism and Op art were more in vogue. Today his trademark stripes and rectangles, deep-hued and lushly painted, are instantly recognizable. Some 10 recent pictures, including Landbar, 2009, are on view at Galerie Lelong in New York through December 12, while a retrospective of his work relaunches the Ulster Museum, in Belfast, Ireland, after its £17 million ($27 million) renovation, remaining there through February 14. Included is his "Wall of Light" series, 2006, in which he captured in abstract form the play of sun and shade

"A Man of Many Stripes" originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's November 2009 Table of Contents.