Color Field1950’s

• Closely related to abstract expressionism where artists wanted an EMOTIONAL response

• Artists carefully considered color psychology.• formats of stripes, targets, simple geometric patterns and

references to landscape imagery and to nature• Several techniques were discovered/explored revolutionizing

how paint is applied to the surface.

Helen Frankenthaler 1928-2011

She is one of the originators of the Color Field movement

Mountains and Sea, 1952

Tutti-frutti, 1966

Morris Louis1912-1962 American

One of the originators of the Color Field Movement

Where, 1960

Alpha- Phi, 1961

Mark Rothko1903-1970

• signature paintings are composed of bright, vibrant colors, particularly reds and yellows, expressing energy and ecstasy – intended as an experience for viewers – these paintings were large!

No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange), 1949No. 61 (Rust and Blue), 1953

M I N I M A L I S M1960’s

• Art that uses a minimum of art elements.• Emphasis is on color or shape as the

dominant element, in painting• Emphasis on crisp, precise edges of shapes. • No attempt is made to symbolize or represent

anything at all but the pure design element.• Influenced music, many facets of design -

fashion, architecture, interior design, etc.

ELSWORTH KELLY American Painter, 1923-

His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing simplicity of form Red/Blue (Untitled) 1964

Yellow over Dark Blue 1964-5 Nine Squares 1976-7

FRANK STELLA

American, 1936-

Tahkt-I-Sulayman Variation II,

Double Gray Scramble

RICHARD SERRA

American Sculptor, 1939-

1905 –1970Was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major

figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters

Barnett Newman

Onement 1, 1948.Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow

and Blue?, 1966

Color Field• Closely related to abstract expressionism where artists wanted an EMOTIONAL response • Artists carefully considered color psychology.• formats of stripes, targets, simple geometric patterns and references to landscape imagery and to nature• Several techniques were discovered/explored revolutionizing how paint is applied to the surface.

•Art that uses a minimum of art elements.•Emphasis is on color or shape as the dominant element, in painting•Emphasis on crisp, precise edges of shapes. •No attempt is made to symbolize or represent anything at all but the pure design element.Influenced music, many facets of design - fashion, architecture, interior design, etc.

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