Clement Greenberg

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art critic essayist human literary critic

Clement Greenberg was an influential American art critic best known for championing Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting in the mid-20th century.

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Clement Greenberg canonical 4

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instanceOf art critic ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-05-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Syracuse University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Greenberg ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
art criticism ⓘ
genre art criticism ⓘ
cultural criticism ⓘ
givenName Clement ⓘ
hasInfluencedArtist Barnett Newman ⓘ
Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Kenneth Noland ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
Morris Louis ⓘ
influenced Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting ⓘ
formalist art criticism ⓘ
postwar American art ⓘ
influencedBy Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
knownFor championing Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
championing Color Field painting ⓘ
theory of medium specificity ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement formalism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
notableStudent Michael Fried ⓘ
Rosalind E. Krauss ⓘ
T. J. Clark ⓘ
notableWork Art and Culture ⓘ
Avant-Garde and Kitsch ⓘ
Towards a Newer Laocoon ⓘ
occupation art critic ⓘ
editor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: Bronx

New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedFor Commentary magazine ⓘ
surface form: Commentary

Partisan Review ⓘ
The Nation ⓘ

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Color Field painting → wasPromotedBy → Clement Greenberg ⓘ
post-painterly abstraction → coinedBy → Clement Greenberg ⓘ
post-painterly abstraction → curatedBy → Clement Greenberg ⓘ
New York School → criticAssociated → Clement Greenberg ⓘ