Flood
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Flood is a landmark 1963 abstract expressionist painting by Helen Frankenthaler, celebrated for its lyrical color field technique and innovative use of thinned paint poured directly onto unprimed canvas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flood canonical | 1 |
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract expressionist painting
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color field painting ⓘ painter ⓘ painting ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | postwar American art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Helen Frankenthaler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | non-representational abstract forms ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | lyrical abstraction ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic | large areas of modulated color fields ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | important work in 1960s American abstraction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
development of Color Field painting
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later abstract painters using soak-stain methods ⓘ |
| inception | 1963 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| materialUsed | thinned paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Color Field painting ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of thinned paint poured onto unprimed canvas
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lyrical color field technique ⓘ |
| partOf | Helen Frankenthaler’s mature abstract expressionist oeuvre ⓘ |
| supportMaterial | unprimed canvas ⓘ |
| techniqueUsed | soak-stain technique ⓘ |
| title | Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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