Barnett newman

Artist: Barnett Newman (American, New York 1905–1970 New York). Date: 1949. Medium: Oil and masking tape on canvas. Dimensions: 89 3/4 x 53 5/8 in. (228 x...

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People enter works in different ways, and there is no right or wrong way to do so. There is no single way to interpret art. It's all very personal.

Barnett Newman. Canto VIII from 18 Cantos. 1963. One from an illustrated book with eighteen lithographs and one lithographed title page. composition: 14 9/16 x 12 7/8" (37 x 32.7 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 x 15 3/16" (45.3 x 38.5 cm). Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York. Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York. Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation. 287.1964.9. © 2025 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Drawings & Prints

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Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51. Oil on canvas. 7' 11 3/8" x 17' 9 1/4" (242.2 x 541.7 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller. 240.1969. © 2025 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Painting & Sculpture

Barnett Newman (1905-1970), 2004, oil on canvas, 43×35 cm (© Milan Golob). American painter, born in New York. He was best known for his very large canvases, many from 6 to 9 feet high, painted from the 1940s onwards. These oftenconsistof a single strong colour, modified only by changes of direction in the brushstrokes, or bisection by one or more horizontal or vertical streaks.

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Barnett Newman’s paintings, arriving at the apex of modernism in midcentury New York, show the complex relationship between art and spirituality.

Barnett Newman | The Song of Orpheus | The Met

18 Cantos

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Barnett Newman (1905-1970) is one of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism and is known for his minimalist paintings.

Barnett Newman

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