US artist Richard Serra, known for enormous steel sculptures, dead at 85

FILE PHOTO: U.S. artist Richard Serra poses for photographers during a meeting, under the title of "The skin of spaces" in the Art Centre of Gijon October 21, 2010. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso/File Photo

(Reuters) - American artist Richard Serra, whose enormous steel sculptures coated with a fine patina of rust decorated landscapes and dominated oversized galleries in the world's finest museums, died on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. He was 85.

The artist died at his home on New York's Long Island of pneumonia, the Times reported, citing his lawyer, John Silberman.