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Barnett Newman
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Barnett Newman (1905–1970) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, and illustrator. Born in New York City, he worked in the abstract expressionism and Color Field movements. His field of work was painting, and he is noted for the piece *Voice of Fire*. Newman was educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York, the Art Students League of New York, and City University of New York.
He participated in the 4. documenta exhibition. His works are held in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, and Tate. Newman died in New York City of a myocardial infarction.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1970
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Barnett Newman, Zim zum II
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via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1905
- Active to
- 1970
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 35
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype
· 2001 · cited 20,818x
- The Structure and Function of Complex Networks
· 2003 · cited 13,979x
- Community structure in social and biological networks
· 2002 · cited 12,216x
- Robust enumeration of cell subsets from tissue expression profiles
· 2015 · cited 11,552x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
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Quotes
- “We feel that our pictures demonstrate our aesthetic beliefs, some of which we, therefore, list:”
- “My idea was that with an automatic move you could create a world [Newman's comment on his series small mixed media works, 1944].”
- “..the terror to expect. Hiroshima showed it to us. The terror has indeed become as real as life.”
- “Let us, rather, like the Greek writers, tear the tragedy to shreds.”
- “[Concerning all painters] working in what is known as the abstract style: [the abstract form] is a living thing.. ..a carrier of the awesome feelings he felt before the unknowable [common quote of Barnett Newman, Clifford Still, and Mark Rothko, 1947]”
- “Genesis I: 'The earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And God said, let there be light, and there was light.'”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1905-01-29 ) January 29, 1905, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- July 4, 1970 (1970-07-04) (aged 65), New York City, U.S.
- Known for
- Painting , sculpture
- Notable work
- Vir Heroicus Sublimis , The Stations of the Cross
- Movement
- Abstract expressionism , color field painting
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Newman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- graphic artist
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 4. documenta
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- Color Field
- Image
- Newman Barnett.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Barnett Newman
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1905-01-29
- date of death
- 1970-07-04
- Commons Creator page
- Barnett Newman
- manner of death
- natural causes
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of Art, Osaka
- ethnic group
- Polish Americans
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American painter. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense of place that viewers experience with art and incorporate the simplest forms to emphasize this feeling.
Early life
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