color field painting
(1950s-1960s)
A style which developed in the USA, rejecting the gestural and tactile qualities of abstract expressionism.
American painters such as ELLSWORTH KELLY (1923- ) and BARNETT NEWMAN (1905-1970) produced large-scale monochromatic canvases whose saturation of color does not suggest form or representation, and which tend to overwhelm the spectator.
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