ArtistsBarnett Newman
Barnett Newman

Barnett Newman

1905
New York, NY, USA
PaintingColor FieldSurrealismAbstract Expressionism
Representation
None documented
24
Institutional Exhibitions
183
Works in Collection
257
Assets Indexed
3
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Publications Referenced
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Movements
  • Color Field
  • Surrealism
  • Abstract Expressionism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Abstractions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988–1989
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Tatyana Grosman Gallery Inaugural Installation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
About

Why this artist matters now

Barnett Newman was an American painter and theorist who developed a distinctive approach to abstraction using large fields of color interrupted by vertical lines he called 'zips'. Working primarily from the 1950s onward, his monumental canvases engaged with concepts of the sublime and American transcendentalism.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1968)
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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1968)
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'Untitled Etching 1 (First Version)' by Barnett Newman, 1968
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Barnett Newman Broken Obelisk Rothko Chapel (HDR)
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Representation & Collections

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Education

City College of New York
Visual Arts
Art Students League of New York
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City University of New York
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DeWitt Clinton High School
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