Ocean Park series

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The Ocean Park series is a celebrated group of abstract landscape paintings by Richard Diebenkorn, known for their luminous color fields and geometric compositions inspired by the coastal light and architecture of Southern California.

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Ocean Park series canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract landscape paintings
painting series
artForm painting
artHistoricalSignificance bridge between Abstract Expressionism and later minimal, color-based abstraction
key work of postwar American abstraction
colorCharacteristic muted yet luminous palette
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Richard Diebenkorn
genre abstract art
abstract landscape
hasPart Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 116

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 129

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 135

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 140

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 196

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 54

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 67

Ocean Park
surface form: Ocean Park No. 79
hasVisualCharacteristic large-scale canvases
rectilinear structures
subtle tonal shifts
visible underdrawing and revisions
inCollection Los Angeles County Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
influencedBy Henri Matisse
Piet Mondrian
West Coast light and atmosphere
inspiredBy architecture of Southern California
coastal light of Southern California
locationInspiredBy Ocean Park neighborhood, Santa Monica
mainSubject architecture
landscape
light
space
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting
notableFor geometric compositions
luminous color fields
periodInArtistCareer late career of Richard Diebenkorn
usesTechnique geometric division of the picture plane
thin layered washes of color

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Richard Diebenkorn notableWork Ocean Park series
Berkeley series influenced Ocean Park series
Berkeley series anticipates Ocean Park series