Still Life Synchromy

Still Life Synchromy

1913·Oil on canvas·20 x 20" (50.8 x 50.8 cm)

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Year
1913
Dimensions
20 x 20" (50.8 x 50.8 cm)

Artist

Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Painting

Stanton Macdonald-Wright was an American modernist painter and theorist who pioneered Synchromism, an abstract movement developed in the early 1910s emphasizing the analogous relationship between color and musical harmony. Working primarily in oil, he created compositions of interlocking planes and prismatic hues intended to evoke pure aesthetic sensation without representational content. His contributions to American abstract art and his writings on color theory significantly influenced the development of non-objective painting in the twentieth century.

Charlottesville, VA, United States

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Year
1913
Dimensions
20 x 20" (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1913-M069107

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moma
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Artist

Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Stanton Macdonald-Wright

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