GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The vivid, interlocking planes of color in this work are examples of Synchronism, the art movement created in Paris by American artists Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright in 1913. Synchronism used dynamic combinations of color to define abstract forms. Russell was influenced by his studies of color theory and by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, whom he met through fellow expatriates Gertrude and Leo Stein, the sister and brother who encouraged many young American artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
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William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
NOTES
Created c. 1913-1923
Sue confirmed orientation above.
Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
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Russell, Morgan (American, 1886-1953)
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Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
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Oil on tissue paper
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From 1963: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Suzanne Morgan Russell [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- This painting, executed on painted tissue paper, is meant to be illuminated from behind—it is housed in a box with a fluorescent light inside so that light shines through the painted tissue paper.
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General Description
The vivid, interlocking planes of color in this work are examples of Synchronism, the art movement created in Paris by American artists Morgan Russell and Stanton MacDonald-Wright in 1913. Synchronism used dynamic combinations of color to define abstract forms. Russell was influenced by his studies of color theory and by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, whom he met through fellow expatriates Gertrude and Leo Stein, the sister and brother who encouraged many young American artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2005.
Fun Facts
- This painting, executed on painted tissue paper, is meant to be illuminated from behind—it is housed in a box with a fluorescent light inside so that light shines through the painted tissue paper.
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Notes
Created c. 1913-1923
Sue confirmed orientation above.
Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Russell, Morgan (American, 1886-1953)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: Paris (France): TGN: 7008038
Process/materials
Oil on tissue paper
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1963: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Suzanne Morgan Russell [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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