Onement I
work by Newman
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Onement I is a significant painting by American artist Barnett Newman, created in 1948. It is characterized by its large, abstract style, which became Newman's trademark. The canvas features a field of dark red bisected vertically by a single stripe of orange. This work is considered a breakthrough for Newman and is representative of his approach to color-field painting, a style that influenced artists in the 1960s. Newman's paintings often consist of expansive areas of saturated color with one or more vertical stripes.12
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