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hard-edge painting

hard-edge painting noun: a style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.

Noun

hard-edge painting (countable and uncountable, plural hard-edge paintings)

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

Forms of hard-edge painting

pluralhard-edge paintings

Origin of hard-edge painting

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

Questions about hard-edge painting

What does hard-edge painting mean?
Hard-edge painting means a style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.
What part of speech is hard-edge painting?
Hard-edge painting is a noun.
What is the plural of hard-edge painting?
The plural of hard-edge painting is hard-edge paintings.

Words near hard-edge painting in the dictionary

  1. hard-driving
  2. hard-earned
  3. hard-easy effect
  4. hard-easy effects
  5. hard-edge
  6. hard-edge painting
  7. hard-edge paintings
  8. hard-edged
  9. hard-favoured
  10. hard-featured
  11. hard-fisted

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