Noland, Kenneth (nō`lənd), 1924–, American painter, b. Asheville, N.C. Noland first experimented with bands of pure color in bull's-eye and chevron motifs and horizontal parallel stripes. He emphasized the flatness of his canvas by staining paint into raw canvas and using uniform color values. In his work color itself is the subject. Later paintings treat plaid designs with muted color bands of varied width.

Bibliography

See R. H. Love, Kenneth Noland: Major Works (1986).

Noland, Kenneth

Noland, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1967

(born April 10, 1924, Asheville, N.C., U.S.) U.S. painter. Noland attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina and studied under the French sculptor Ossip Zadkine in Paris (1948–49). He and Morris Louis, influenced by the work of Helen Frankenthaler, worked together on the technique of staining with thinned paints. This method presented pure, saturated colour as an integral part of the canvas. He employed his colours in concentric rings and parallels that were shaped and proportioned in relation to the shape of the canvas. Noland taught at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (1950–52) and at Catholic University (1951–60), both in Washington, D.C., and at Bennington College (1968) in Vermont.

Noland, Kenneth (1924– ) painter; born in Ashville, N.C. He studied at Black Mountain College, North Carolina (1946–48, 1950), and with Ossip Zadkine in Paris (1948–49). He taught at the Institute of Contemporary Art (1949–51), and at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. (1951–60), before moving to South Salem, New York. His acrylic paintings, such as Par Transit (1966), demonstrate geometric forms and dominant color bands.