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
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.
M I N I M A L I S M
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