Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-edge painting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: hard-edge -paint-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.

Uncountable

noun

An individual painting in this style.

Countable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

hard-edge paintings (plural)

Questions

What does hard-edge painting mean?: A style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.
Where does hard-edge painting come from?: Coined by curator and art critic Jules Langsner, along with Peter Selz, in 1959, to describe the work of certain Californian painters.

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