Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) was a pioneering American modernist painter and co-founder of Synchromism, in 1912.
Synchromist paintings were some of the first abstract paintings created in America. The theory of synchromism is based on the idea that color and sound are similar phenomena and that the colors in a painting can be orchestrated in the same harmonious way that a composer arranges notes in a symphony. MacDonald-Wright once said, "Synchromy is to color what symphony is to sound. ...It means everything is done with color."
Stanton MacDonald-Wright was born in Virginia, and moved to Santa Monica with his family at the age of ten. He began studying art at the Art Students League in Los Angeles while in his teens, and in 1907 moved to Paris, studying at major institutions including the Sorbonne, Académie Julian, and Académie Colarossi.
Back in the United States in, he and fellow artist Morgan Russell developed Synchromism. MacDonalnd-Wright and Russell held exhibitions in Paris and Munich in 1913, and MacDonald-Wright lived in New York City from 1914 to 1919 before returning to California.
MacDonald-Wright was instrumental in introducing modern art to Los Angeles, organizing the first exhibition of modernists there in 1920. He served as director of the Art Students League of Los Angeles in 1923 and taught art history and aesthetics at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1942 to 1954. During the 1930s he was a regional director for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) federal art project, creating notable murals in Santa Monica.
MacDonald-Wright spent the rest of his life in California. His paintings are held in the permanent collection of many prestigious museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery.
$1,450
Stanton Macdonald-Wright "Departing Spring" Woodblock Print c.1966
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stanton Macdonald-Wright Woodblock on Laid Paper 1966-67 Departing Spring Hesitates Appears to be an artist proof. The pencil text and signature a...
Woodcut
Synchromy
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in Miami, FL
The work is executed at the heyday of abstract expressionsim in the mid-50s. Colors are saturated and bright. Goldfield (of Goldfield Gallery). Written on the stretcher. Goldfield G...
Oil
Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in Colfax, CA
An early modernist drawing by synchromist artist Stanton MacDonald-Wright. Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) was a pioneering American modernist painter and co-founder of Synchrom...
Pencil
Stanton MacDonald-Wright Still Life
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in Savannah, GA
Stanton MacDonald-Wright (American, 1890-1973) Still Life canvas: 16 by 20 inches frame: 19 ¾ by 23 ¾ inches
Canvas, Paint
Price Upon Request
Still Life
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Stanton Macdonald Wright (1890-1973) was one of the most prolific and important modernist artists and co-creator of the Synchronist movement. ...
Paper, Pencil
Untitled
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
Solidly grounded in Abstract Expressionist tradition, process-oriented painter Thomas Nozkowski’s method is predicated on relinquishing the idea of an end result. To highlight this, ...
Woodcut
Untitled I
By Thomas Nozkowski
Located in New York, NY
For over thirty years, Nozkowski has practiced his own form of idiosyncratic abstraction, foregoing a signature style or subject matter in favor of seemingly limitless variations in ...
Color, Linocut, Woodcut
CIRCLE IMAGE NO. 25
By Louis Schanker
Located in Portland, ME
Schanker, Louis. CIRCLE IMAGE NO. 25. Relief Print in color, 1954-1955. Edition of 210 published by IGAS. Signed and numbered 17/200 (the edition included 10 artist's proofs). 14 x 1...
Woodcut
Black Table Red Legs
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A painting from the popular "black table" series by Darius Yektai.
Epoxy Resin, Oil, Canvas
Imperfect Print for B.A.M.
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in London, GB
Woodcut and screenprint in colours, 1987, on Arches wove paper, signed and dated in pencil from the edition of 75, published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York, from The Brooklyn Acade...
Color, Screen, Woodcut
$2,189
H 22.45 in W 22.45 in D 0.79 in
Quiet structure, Abstract Library, oil paint, Expressionism, Contemporary art
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Point d’Équilibre Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in) Framed dimensions available upon request Floater frame in natural wood (also available in black and oak) Signed on the fro...
Oil
Tabletop Still Life Mid-century Abstract Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jack Hammack (1924-1990) Cubist Tabletop Still Life, 1957 Oil on paper measuring 16 x 20 inches. Framed measurement, 23 x 27 inches. Signed and dated lower right.
Paper, Oil
$250
H 10 in W 8 in
Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
Watercolor, Pencil
Leonard Baskin Abstract Woodcut, Signed
By Leonard Baskin
Located in New York, NY
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Untitled, Late 20th Century Woodcut Framed: 32 x 24 1/4 x 1/4 in. Edition 26/50 Signed and numbered lower right A highly respected draftsman, printmaker, ...
Woodcut
$165
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.13 in
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Hats, Lily Daché
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring a colorful design for a women's hat by Lilly Daché. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/4 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. Water...
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
$165
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.13 in
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Design for Women's Lounge Wear & Pajamas
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring a colorful design for women's lounge wear & pajamas. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/4 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. ...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$2,500
H 19.5 in W 17.25 in
"Taos Women" Emil Bisttram, Modernist, New Mexico Artist, Southwestern, Figures
Located in New York, NY
Emil Bisttram Taos Women Signed lower right Pencil on paper 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Provenance David Cook Fine Art, Denver, Colorado Clare Walker Fine Art, Tarrytown, New York Bistt...
Paper, Pencil