Canyon

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Canyon is a 1959 abstract expressionist painting by Helen Frankenthaler, known for its innovative soak-stain technique and luminous color fields.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist painting
painting
artForm oil painting
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Helen Frankenthaler NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
depicts non-representational forms
genre abstract art
hasCharacteristic emphasis on color over line
large-scale composition
luminous color fields
non-rectilinear color areas
thinly stained paint
hasInfluenced Color Field painters NERFINISHED
later generations of abstract painters
postwar American abstraction
hasStyle gestural abstraction
lyrical abstraction
hasTechnique soak-stain technique
inception 1959
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject color relationships
spatial ambiguity
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting NERFINISHED
notableFor innovative use of thinned paint on unprimed canvas
integration of color and surface
pioneering soak-stain method in American painting
partOf Helen Frankenthaler’s soak-stain works
title Canyon NERFINISHED

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