(1905–70), American painter. A seminal figure in colour-field painting, he juxtaposed large blocks of uniform colour with narrow marginal strips of contrasting colours.
Definition of Newman, Barnett in US English:
Newman, Barnett
proper nounˈn(y)o͞omən
(1905–70), US painter. A seminal figure in color-field painting, he juxtaposed large blocks of uniform color with narrow marginal strips of contrasting colors, such as in Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue III (1966–67).