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Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51. Oil on canvas. 7' 11 3/8" x 17' 9 1/4" (242.2 x 541.7 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller. 240.1969. © 2024 Barnett Newman Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Painting & Sculpture

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Barnett Newman (1905-1970), 2004, oil on canvas, 43×35 cm (© Milan Golob). American painter, born in New York. He was best known for his very large canvases, many from 6 to 9 feet high, painted from the 1940s onwards. These oftenconsistof a single strong colour, modified only by changes of direction in the brushstrokes, or bisection by one or more horizontal or vertical streaks.

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