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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Color Field 1
Color Field painters 1

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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works) → artStyle → Color Field painting ⓘ
Color Field painting → hasAlternativeName → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color Field
Abstract expressionism → hasMovementSubdivision → Color Field painting ⓘ
this entity surface form: Color field painting
Fauvism → influenced → 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
Mark Rothko → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ
Richard Diebenkorn → movement → Color Field painting ⓘ