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Barnett Newman was an American Color Field painter, noted for vertical zip lines in large canvases such as Vir Heroicus Sublimis, painted from 1950 to 1951.
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What are the zip lines in Barnett Newman's paintings?
Newman's zips are vertical bands that cut through large fields of color. In paintings such as Vir Heroicus Sublimis, made in 1950-1951, those lines structure the viewer's encounter with the huge red canvas.
Where can someone see Vir Heroicus Sublimis?
Vir Heroicus Sublimis is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is one of Newman's most famous large-scale Color Field paintings.
How is Barnett Newman connected to Abstract Expressionism?
Newman was part of the New York School generation alongside artists such as Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. His work moved away from brushy gesture and toward large fields of color interrupted by precise vertical zips.
What is The Stations of the Cross by Barnett Newman?
The Stations of the Cross is a series of 14 black-and-white paintings Newman worked on from 1958 to 1966. The subtitle, Lema Sabachthani, points to the biblical phrase associated with Christ's cry of abandonment.
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