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View all 86 artworks. Barnett Newman lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Abstract Expressionism and Post-Painterly Abstraction. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Mar 28, 2024 · Barnett Newman, American painter whose large, austerely reductionist canvases influenced the color-field painters of the 1960s. His notable works include Onement I and Stations of the Cross, the latter of which is a series of 14 paintings. Learn more about Newman’s life and career.
Biography. One of the great figures of the abstract expressionist movement, Barnett Newman was an intellectual, developing his ideas in his painting, sculpture, and writing. Born and raised in New York, Newman took classes at the Art Students League while in high school and college.
Nov 20, 2004 · 1948. Newman proclaimed Onement, I to be his artistic breakthrough, giving the work an importance belied by its modest size. This is the first time the artist used a vertical band to define the spatial structure of his work. This band, later dubbed a "zip," became Newman's signature mark.
Nov 20, 2004 · Barnett Newman was best known for his color-field paintings and use of what he called “zips,” vertical strips of color placed across the surfaces of his compositions. He created the zips by applying masking tape to block off parts of the canvas and painting the exposed areas.
As the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s retrospective “Barnett Newman” goes on view this month, art historian and Artforum contributing editor Yve-Alain Bois examines the legacy of an artist whose oeuvre he considers the most difficult of the last century.
Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense of place that viewers experience with art and incorporate simplistic forms to emphasize this feeling.
