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Adam 1951, 1952 by Barnett Newman
The American abstract expressionist artist Barnett Newman considered his painting Adam 1951, 1952 a major achievement in his efforts to …
Adam: An Early Exhibition and Ownership History
In Focus project on Adam (1951, 1952) by Barnett Newman, authored by Michael Schreyach with contributions by Michael Leja and …
Adam and Newman’s Beginnings
In Focus project on Adam (1951, 1952) by Barnett Newman, authored by Michael Schreyach with contributions by Michael Leja and …
Stories
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Moving pictures
Robert Ryman was a young artist in New York when he met Barnett Newman. He discusses the late artist’s aesthetic …
A kiss across the ages: Barnett Newman
The older man in the photograph was Barnett Newman, unexpectedly being kissed by the youngster Michael Auder. Carter Ratcliff looks …
Staring into the contemporary abyss: The contemporary sublime
In the early eighteenth century Joseph Addison described the notion of the sublime as something that ‘fills the mind with …
About Us
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Turner Prize 1984 artists: Malcolm Morley
English painter active in the USA. He studied at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1954 to 1957. Deeply …
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, …
Composition
Composition is the arrangement of elements within a work of art
Library and Archive
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