Color Field painting
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Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Color Field painting canonical | 20 |
| Color field painting | 7 |
| Color Field painters | 5 |
| Color Field | 4 |
| Color Field painting movement | 2 |
| Color Field movement | 1 |
| Color Field paintings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T698025 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Color Field painting Context triple: [Fauvism, influenced, Color Field painting]
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A.
Color Struck
Color Struck is a one-act play by Zora Neale Hurston that explores colorism and intraracial prejudice in the early 20th-century African American South, and is recognized as a significant dramatic work of the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
Artist’s Palette
Artist’s Palette is a vividly multicolored hillside in Death Valley National Park, famed for its striking mineral-stained rock formations.
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C.
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a 1930 primary-color grid painting by Dutch De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his mature abstract style of intersecting black lines and rectangular color fields.
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Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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The Art of Painting
The Art of Painting is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting that showcases Johannes Vermeer’s masterful use of light, perspective, and meticulous detail in depicting an artist at work in his studio.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Color Field painting Target entity description: Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.
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A.
Color Struck
Color Struck is a one-act play by Zora Neale Hurston that explores colorism and intraracial prejudice in the early 20th-century African American South, and is recognized as a significant dramatic work of the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
Artist’s Palette
Artist’s Palette is a vividly multicolored hillside in Death Valley National Park, famed for its striking mineral-stained rock formations.
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C.
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow is a 1930 primary-color grid painting by Dutch De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian, exemplifying his mature abstract style of intersecting black lines and rectangular color fields.
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D.
Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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E.
The Art of Painting
The Art of Painting is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting that showcases Johannes Vermeer’s masterful use of light, perspective, and meticulous detail in depicting an artist at work in his studio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract art movement
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art movement ⓘ painting style ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
evoke contemplative responses
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evoke emotional responses ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Action painting ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
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| emergedInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
atmospheric color fields
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color relationships ⓘ optical effects of color ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Color Field painting
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surface form:
Color Field
post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form:
Color-field painting
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| hasCharacteristic |
all-over composition
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emphasis on color over gesture ⓘ large-scale canvases ⓘ minimal surface detail ⓘ non-representational imagery ⓘ reduction of figuration ⓘ |
| hasNotablePractitioner |
Adolph Gottlieb
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Barnett Newman ⓘ Clyfford Still ⓘ Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ Jules Olitski ⓘ Kenneth Noland ⓘ Mark Rothko ⓘ Morris Louis ⓘ Sam Gilliam ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Barnett Newman
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Clyfford Still ⓘ European modernism ⓘ Mark Rothko ⓘ |
| influencedMovement |
Minimalism
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post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form:
Post-painterly abstraction
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| originatedInCity | New York City ⓘ |
| originatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| partOf |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
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| relatedTo |
post-painterly abstraction
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surface form:
Hard-edge painting
post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form:
Lyrical abstraction
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| usesElement |
flat color areas
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large expanses of color ⓘ solid color fields ⓘ |
| usesSupport |
large canvas
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unprimed canvas ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
staining
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thin paint washes ⓘ unmodulated color areas ⓘ |
| wasPromotedBy | Clement Greenberg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Color Field painting Description of subject: Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.
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