Ocean Park

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Ocean Park is a celebrated series of abstract paintings by American artist Richard Diebenkorn, known for its luminous color fields and architectural, grid-like compositions inspired by the coastal light of Southern California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract painting series
series of paintings
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Richard Diebenkorn
endTime 1988
follows Berkeley series
genre abstract art
hasCharacteristic architectural compositions
geometric abstraction
grid-like compositions
horizontal and vertical banding
large scale
layered surfaces
luminous color fields
rectilinear forms
subtle color modulation
visible pentimenti
hasReputation landmark of West Coast abstraction
major achievement of postwar American painting
inCollection Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Modern 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 Ocean Park neighborhood, Santa Monica
surface form: Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica

coastal light of Southern California
locationOfCreation Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California

Santa Monica, California, United States
surface form: Santa Monica, California
mainSubject architectural space
color fields
landscape abstraction
non-objective composition
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting
Lyrical abstraction
notableWork Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ocean Park No. 116

Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ocean Park No. 54

Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ocean Park No. 67

Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ocean Park No. 79
partOf Richard Diebenkorn oeuvre
startTime 1967
usesMedium acrylic on canvas
oil on canvas
works on paper
usesTechnique scraping and reworking
taped edges and masking
thinly layered paint

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Richard Diebenkorn notableSeries Ocean Park
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 54
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 67
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 79
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 116
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 129
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 135
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 140
Ocean Park series hasPart Ocean Park
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 196
Ocean Park notableWork Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 54
Ocean Park notableWork Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 67
Ocean Park notableWork Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 79
Ocean Park notableWork Ocean Park self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ocean Park No. 116