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The Painting Techniques of Barnett Newman — Newman called the lines in his paintings “zips.” Learn how they’re made and how they work.

The Painting Techniques of Barnett Newman

by The Museum of Modern Art

Barnett B. Newman, Onement I, 1948 at MoMA — What separates Newman’s paintings from what a house painter paints?

Barnett Newman

by The Museum of Modern Art

Ophelia / Newman juxtaposition - video still — What’s “heroic” about a painting that looks like a craft project on HGTV? This comparison suggests an answer.

Representation and abstraction: looking at Millais and ...

by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Barnett Newman, Onement, I, 1948, oil on canvas ,27 1/4 x 16 1/4" (69.2 x 41.2 cm) (MoMA) — Why did Newman see this simple painting as an important breakthrough?

Barnett Newman, Onement, I

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Detail, Mark Rothko, No. 3/No. 13, 1949, oil on canvas, 216.5 x 164.8 cm (The Museum of Modern Art) — This post-WWII movement is characterized by non-objective imagery seemingly charged with personal meaning.

Abstract Expressionism, an introduction

by Dr. Virginia B. Spivey