"I don't know what Color Field painting means. I think it was probably invented by some critic, which is okay, but I don't think the phrase means anything. Color Field painting? I mean, what is color? Painting has to do with a lot of things. Color is among the things it has to do with. It has to do with surface. It has to do with shape, It has to do with feelings which are more difficult to get at."
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Quote of Jules Olitski (1970), quoted in Painters Painting, a Candid History of The Modern Art Scene 1940-1970, E. de Antonio, Abbeville Press 1984, p. 81
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Color Field - in quotes. Color Field was an American style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940's and 1950's. Many of its early proponents were among the pioneering abstract expressionists / New York School. Color Field is characterized primarily by large fields of flat, solid colour spread across or stained into the canvas creating areas of unbroken surf
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