GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Fusing a large, vertical landscape with particulate geometrical forms, John Sennhauser's work demonstrates the artist's fondness for the tension between stable spaces and animated movement. The result is strikingly dynamic - robotic yet organic, structural yet spindly - and full of reverberating motion.
Though born and educated in Switzerland, Sennhauser is largely an American artist, having moved to New York, in 1928 and studied at the Cooper Union Art School. There, his progressive experimentation with non-objective forms garnered much attention. This painting from 1947, the first in the series Colorforms in Colorspace, is an iconic example of Sennhauser's mature works. Through such avant-garde geometric abstraction, the artist helped pave the way for the American abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s. He joined the Abstract American Artists in 1945 and held leadership positions in the organization until 1952.
Excerpt from
DMA label copy (1989.25), n.d.
NOTES
Added artist geographies to TMS- see Artist biographical CC
Found hardcopy of the acquisition justification (undated and unsigned) in the Collections Records Object File. I will pull the text and send it to BMac to be added to the registration module in TMS. I do not have access to the proper fields to enter proposals.
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
place of origin: NYC
Process/materials
oil paint
canvas
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
verticality
orientation
landscape
geometric shape
red
yellow
black
white
gray
flat
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, gift from anonymous, purchased from the above
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WEB RESOURCES
- John Sennhauser, Colorforms in Colorspace #2, 1947~See the second painting in this series through the New Britain Museum of American Art's online collection.
- John Sennhauser at the San Diego Museum of Art~Look at five more works that illustrate this artist's stylistic range between 1939 and 1976.
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General Description
Fusing a large, vertical landscape with particulate geometrical forms, John Sennhauser's work demonstrates the artist's fondness for the tension between stable spaces and animated movement. The result is strikingly dynamic - robotic yet organic, structural yet spindly - and full of reverberating motion.
Though born and educated in Switzerland, Sennhauser is largely an American artist, having moved to New York, in 1928 and studied at the Cooper Union Art School. There, his progressive experimentation with non-objective forms garnered much attention. This painting from 1947, the first in the series Colorforms in Colorspace, is an iconic example of Sennhauser's mature works. Through such avant-garde geometric abstraction, the artist helped pave the way for the American abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s. He joined the Abstract American Artists in 1945 and held leadership positions in the organization until 1952.
Excerpt from
DMA label copy (1989.25), n.d.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- John Sennhauser, Colorforms in Colorspace #2, 1947~See the second painting in this series through the New Britain Museum of American Art's online collection.
- John Sennhauser at the San Diego Museum of Art~Look at five more works that illustrate this artist's stylistic range between 1939 and 1976.
Notes
Added artist geographies to TMS- see Artist biographical CC
Found hardcopy of the acquisition justification (undated and unsigned) in the Collections Records Object File. I will pull the text and send it to BMac to be added to the registration module in TMS. I do not have access to the proper fields to enter proposals.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
place of origin: NYC
Process/materials
oil paint
canvas
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
verticality
orientation
landscape
geometric shape
red
yellow
black
white
gray
flat
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1989: Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, gift from anonymous, purchased from the above
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VIDEO ASSETS
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