Kenneth Noland

Kenneth Noland (born April 10, 1924) is an American painter.

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April 10 - 1924 - American - Painter

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Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Noland attended the experimental Black Mountain College. He is identified as an abstract expressionist.

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Asheville, North Carolina - Black Mountain College - Abstract expressionist

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He became friends with Morris Louis, and the pair of them adopted Helen Frankenthaler's technique of allowing acrylic paint to soak into unprimed canvases. Noland went on to paint pictures of targets (pre-empting Jasper Johns) and later concentrated on hard-edged chevron- and stripe-based designs.

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Morris Louis - Helen Frankenthaler - Acrylic paint - Canvas - Jasper Johns

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