A Quote by Robert Genn

Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract convention.

Robert Genn

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Abstract Canvas Convention Essential Great Large Lift Off Paintings Serve Small Subject Two Two-Dimensional

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Robert Genn
Canadian - Artist
May 15, 1936 - May 27, 2014

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