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Hard-Edge Painting
Hard-Edge Painting. A type of abstract painting in which forms, although not necessarily geometrical, have sharp contours and are executed in flat colours. It was one of the types of painting that developed as a reaction against the spontaneity and painterly handling of Abstract Expressionism (see POST-PAINTERLY ABSTRACTION). The term was coined by the American critic Jules Langsner in 1958 and was popularized by Lawrence Alloway, who in 1966 wrote that it was meant ‘to refer to the new development that combined economy of form and neatness of surface with fullness of colour, without continually raising memories of earlier geometric art'. Major exponents of Hard-Edge Painting have included Ellsworth Kelly and Kenneth Noland. The four West Coast painters to whom Langsner originally applied the term were Karl Benjamin (1925– ), Lorser Feitelson (1898–1978), Frederick Hammersley (1919– ), and John McLaughlin (1898–1976); they preferred the term ‘Abstract Classicism'.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-HardEdgePainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-HardEdgePainting.html |
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Hard-Edge Painting
Hard-Edge Painting. A type of abstract painting in which forms, although not necessarily geometrical, have sharp contours and are executed in flat colours. It was one of the types of painting that developed as a reaction against the spontaneity and painterly handling of Abstract Expressionism (see Post-Painterly Abstraction). Major exponents have included Ellsworth Kelly and Kenneth Noland. The term was coined by the American critic Jules Langsner in 1958.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HardEdgePainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HardEdgePainting.html |
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Hard-Edge Painting
Hard-Edge Painting. A type of abstract painting in which forms, although not necessarily geometrical, have sharp contours and are executed in flat colours. It was one of the types of painting that developed as a reaction against the spontaneity and painterly handling of Abstract Expressionism (see Post-Painterly Abstraction). Major exponents have included Ellsworth Kelly and Kenneth Noland. The term was coined by the American critic Jules Langsner in 1958.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-HardEdgePainting.html IAN CHILVERS. "Hard-Edge Painting." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-HardEdgePainting.html |
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