English Explanatory Dictionary

hard-edge painting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.
  2. An individual painting in this style.

Word forms

hard-edge painting hard-edge paintings

Etymology

Coined by curator and art critic Jules Langsner, along with Peter Selz, in 1959, to describe the work of certain Californian painters.

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