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Color Field Painting and the Space Age: A Look into Abstract Expressionism, Study notes of Painting

An overview of Color Field Painting, a significant movement in Abstract Expressionism during the Space Age. Notable artists like Clyfford Still, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly, and Helen Frankenthaler are discussed, along with their notable works. The document also touches upon the influence of Nietzsche's ideas on Mark Rothko's work.

What you will learn

  • What are the main characteristics of Color Field Painting?
  • How did Nietzsche's ideas influence Mark Rothko's work?
  • Who are the key artists in Color Field Painting?

Typology: Study notes

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The Space Age
Abstract Expressionism
Color Field Painting
Transcendent large rectangles of color
Clyfford Still (1904) in San Francisco
Barnett Newman (1905)
Mark Rothko (1903)
Franz Kline (1910)
Kenneth Noland (1924)
Ellsworth Kelly (1923)
Helen Frankenthaler (1928)
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  • Abstract Expressionism
    • Color Field Painting
      • Transcendent large rectangles of color
      • Clyfford Still (1904) in San Francisco
      • Barnett Newman (1905)
      • Mark Rothko (1903)
      • Franz Kline (1910)
      • Kenneth Noland (1924)
      • Ellsworth Kelly (1923)
      • Helen Frankenthaler (1928)

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  • Color Field Painting
    • Clyfford Still
      • abstract fields of color

1957-D, No. 1 1957 (^) Untitled, 1952

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  • Color Field Painting
    • Mark Rothko
      • Equilibrium between the rational and the irrational natures (Nietzsche)

“Slow Swirl at Edge of Sea” (1945)

“No 18” (1951) (^) Green and White on Blue (1957)

Young Rothko:

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  • Color Field Painting
    • Franz Kline
      • Black and white abstractions
      • Similar to Chinese calligraphy
      • Evoking urban landscape
      • Proto-minimalist “Mahoning” (1956)

“High Street” (1956)

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  • Color Field Painting
    • Helen Frankenthaler

“Canal” (1963) “Magic Carpet” (1964)

"Mountains and Sea" (1952)

This is a chapter in piero scaruffi’s “A Visual History of the Visual Arts”: http://www.scaruffi.com/art/history