Barnett Newman

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abstract expressionist artist color field painter human painter

Barnett Newman was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for his large color field canvases marked by vertical “zips” that helped define postwar modern art.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist artist ⓘ
color field painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
artisticSignatureElement vertical zips ⓘ
artisticStyleCharacteristic large monochromatic color fields ⓘ
associatedWith New York School ⓘ
birthDate 1905-01-29 ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
contemporaryOf Clyfford Still ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1970-07-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Newman ⓘ
fieldOfWork modern art ⓘ
painting ⓘ
fullName Barnett Newman self-link ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
non-objective painting ⓘ
givenName Barnett ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influenced Color Field painters ⓘ
Minimalism ⓘ
post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
influencedBy Modernism ⓘ
surface form: European modernism

Surrealism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting ⓘ
notableWork Broken Obelisk ⓘ
Cathedra ⓘ
Onement I ⓘ
Stations of the Cross ⓘ
surface form: The Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani

Vir Heroicus Sublimis ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Annalee Newman ⓘ

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