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hard-edge painting en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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