Louis was a pioneering Color Field painter who, like Noland, worked with luminous acrylic pigments on unprimed canvas to create pure optical color experiences free from gestural marks. His Stripe series in particular shares Noland's devotion to parallel bands of resonant color interacting across a flat surface.

Kelly's hard edge geometric abstraction and precise, unmodulated color fields directly parallel the clean compositional discipline and bold color relationships seen in Glean. Both artists reduced painting to its most essential visual elements, allowing color and form to generate pure optical sensation.

Stella's early stripe paintings share Noland's commitment to geometric precision, flat acrylic surfaces, and systematic exploration of how color bands interact optically. Both artists worked within a mid century modern American tradition of hard edge abstraction that prioritized visual logic over emotional expression.