(person) by discofever Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:33:35

Barnett Newman (1905-1970) : American painter, hard to categorize. Known for painting in pure single colors with vertical lines breaking up the plane. This style evolved into color-field painting; it was an extension of Mark Rothko's work (and led to minimalism, IIRC).

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