Peter Cain
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Peter Cain was an American painter best known for his meticulously distorted, hyperreal depictions of automobiles that bridged abstraction and representation in the late 20th century.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| aestheticConcern |
distortion and fragmentation
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surface and form ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
formal qualities of industrial design
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relationship between abstraction and representation ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | to blur boundaries between realism and abstraction ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
abstraction
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hyperrealism ⓘ representational art ⓘ |
| artMarketCategory | contemporary painting ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalContext | late 20th-century American art ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | painting ⓘ |
| genre | hyperrealism ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | paintings ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
commercial imagery
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photographic realism ⓘ |
| medium |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Peter Cain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bridging abstraction and representation
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hyperreal depictions of cars ⓘ meticulously distorted depictions of automobiles ⓘ |
| occupation | painter ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| subjectMatter |
automotive design
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consumer objects ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
distortion of form
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meticulous rendering ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
cropped automotive forms
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fragmented car bodies ⓘ highly polished surfaces ⓘ |
| workSubject |
automobiles
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car culture ⓘ |
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