Color Field painting

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abstract art movement art movement painting style

Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Color Field painting canonical 20
Color field painting 7
Color Field painters 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
aimsTo evoke contemplative responses ⓘ
evoke emotional responses ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
contrastsWith Action painting ⓘ
developedFrom Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism
emergedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
focusesOn atmospheric color fields ⓘ
color relationships ⓘ
optical effects of color ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Color Field painting ⓘ
surface form: Color Field

post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form: Color-field painting
hasCharacteristic all-over composition ⓘ
emphasis on color over gesture ⓘ
large-scale canvases ⓘ
minimal surface detail ⓘ
non-representational imagery ⓘ
reduction of figuration ⓘ
hasNotablePractitioner Adolph Gottlieb ⓘ
Barnett Newman ⓘ
Clyfford Still ⓘ
Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Jules Olitski ⓘ
Kenneth Noland ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
Morris Louis ⓘ
Sam Gilliam ⓘ
influencedBy Barnett Newman ⓘ
Clyfford Still ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
influencedMovement Minimalism ⓘ
post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form: Post-painterly abstraction
originatedInCity New York City ⓘ
originatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism
relatedTo post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form: Hard-edge painting

post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form: Lyrical abstraction
usesElement flat color areas ⓘ
large expanses of color ⓘ
solid color fields ⓘ
usesSupport large canvas ⓘ
unprimed canvas ⓘ
usesTechnique staining ⓘ
thin paint washes ⓘ
unmodulated color areas ⓘ
wasPromotedBy Clement Greenberg ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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Fauvism → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
Mark Rothko → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Mark Rothko → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painters
Barnett Newman → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Ellsworth Kelly → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Richard Diebenkorn → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Abstract expressionism → hasMovementSubdivision → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works) → artStyle → Color Field painting ⓘ
Color Field painting → hasAlternativeName → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field
Sam Gilliam → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Sam Gilliam → influencedBy → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painting movement
Alma Thomas → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Helen Frankenthaler → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Helen Frankenthaler → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painters
Tonalism → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
No. 61 (Rust and Blue) → artMovement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field
No. 14 (1960) → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field
Orange, Red, Yellow → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Orange, Red, Yellow → influencedBy → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field movement
Seagram Murals → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
No. 2 (Blue, Red and Green) → artMovement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Untitled (Black on Gray) → influencedBy → Color Field painting ⓘ
Clyfford Still → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Adolph Gottlieb → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Morris Louis → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Morris Louis → influencedBy → Color Field painting ⓘ
Morris Louis → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painters
Cathedra → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Cathedra → hasInfluenceOn → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painters
post-painterly abstraction → relatedTo → Color Field painting ⓘ
New York School → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
New York School → relatedMovement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Kenneth Noland → notableFor → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field paintings
Kenneth Noland → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painters
Jules Olitski → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Jules Olitski → influencedBy → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field painting movement
Jules Olitski → style → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field
Larry Poons → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Clement Greenberg → influenced → Color Field painting ⓘ