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Iria Leino
Color Field
This movement of the 1950s–60s grew from Abstract Expressionism. These images are all about broad swaths of color, often on large canvases, that emphasize the flat picture plane.
Before he disappeared he was on the perfect path: studying under Josef Albers at Yale; a solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1966; internationally, several museums of modern art showed his paintings. But in his spiritual exploration he became reclusive and shunned galleries. In his...