By the late s and early s young artists began to break away stylistically from abstract expressionism; experimenting with new ways of making pictures; and new ways of handling paint and color. In the early s several and various new movements in abstract painting were closely related to each other, and superficially were categorized together; although they turned out to be profoundly different in the long run. Some of the new styles and movements that appeared in the early s as responses to abstract expressionism were called: Washington Color School, Hard-edge painting, Geometric abstraction, Minimalism, and Color Field.
Gene Davis also was a painter known especially for paintings of vertical stripes of color, like Black Grey Beat, , and he also was a member of the group of abstract painters in Washington, D. The Washington painters were among the most prominent of the mid-century Color Field painters. The artists associated with the Color Field movement during the s were moving away from gesture and angst in favor of clear surfaces and gestalt.
All were moving in a new direction away from the violence and anxiety of Action painting toward a new and seemingly calmer language of color. I don't know what Color Field painting means. I think it was probably invented by some critic, which is okay, but I don't think the phrase means anything. Color Field painting? I mean, what is color? Painting has to do with a lot of things. Color is among the things it has to do with.
It has to do with surface. It has to do with shape, It has to do with feelings which are more difficult to get at. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my prior permission. Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance.
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