Aesthetics is for painting as Ornithology is for the birds. - Barnett Newman

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Aesthetics is for painting as Ornithology is for the birds.

Barnett Newman

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About Barnett Newman

Barnett Newman (29 January 1905 – 4 July 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the Color Field painters.

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