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.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist painting
color field painting
painter
painting
person
artisticPeriod postwar American art
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
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
later abstract painters using soak-stain methods
inception 1963
languageOfTitle English
materialUsed thinned paint
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting
nationality American
notableFor innovative use of thinned paint poured onto unprimed canvas
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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