hard-edge painting

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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