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colour-field painting

Movement in 20th-century US art, and a major current of abstract expressionism. Colour-field painters, such as Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Ad Reinhardt, use emotive uniform colour and shape to create large-scale and highly meditative works of art.



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One isn't sure if the backgrounds are photographs or color-field painting, or if the dark, cloudy sky reveals a stormy sunset, the smoggy glow of oil fires, or the aftermath of an apocalypse.
Anton Henning: Christopher Grimes Gallery by Miles, Christopher / Artforum International
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