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.
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
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
$2,191
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
$2,250
H 22.45 in W 22.45 in D 0.79 in
Point d'equilibre, 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) Signed on the front Born...
Oil
$3,434
H 26.38 in W 26.38 in D 1.38 in
Pause artistique : Abstract Studio, Still life, Contemporary Cubism, French
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Framed size: 67 x 67 cm (26.37 x 26.37 in) Unframed size: 60 x 60 cm (23.62 x 23.62 in) Choose the frame: wood or black Signed: Sophie Dumont in front and on the back of the canvas O...
Oil
$4,500
H 22.45 in W 61.82 in D 1.38 in
Large Contemporary Bookshelf Painting – Oil on Canvas in Blue, Ochre and Ivory
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
This large horizontal abstract painting by French artist Sophie Dumont is an oil on canvas measuring 150 x 50 cm (59 x 19.7 in). It is presented in a floater frame, available in eit...
Oil
$3,600
H 14 in W 11 in D 2 in
"Odilon's Flowers" oil painting, expressionist still life, thick paint, unframed
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Expressionist painter Darius Yektai. In his signature thick application of paint, Yektai molds a vase of flowers atop a simple footstool in primary colors...
Linen, Oil
$875
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and en...
Oil, Board
$671
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.12 in
Original-Magic Bell in the Night-UK Awarded Artist-Botanical Abstract Expression
Located in London, GB
In her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. Applying the format of diptychs and triptychs, she creates lyrical narratives, capturing t...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Deep Night
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Deep Night 1988/89 24 inches x 30 inches oil on canvas Artist Statement: This is an early work I produced in my studio at 11th street and Ave 'B" NYC...
Canvas, Oil
$550
H 24.02 in W 24.02 in D 0.79 in
Only One Earth: Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Color
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Only One Earth Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Colorful ONLY ONE EARTH... Mars has no Dancing Trees or Roaming Wildlife, no Wonderous Oceans! With acr...
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Wood, Stretcher Bars
$9,000
H 83 in W 87 in
"Nowhere to Land III" Abstract Painting 83" x 87" inch by Carole Baines
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nowhere to Land III" Abstract Painting 83" x 87" inch by Carole Baines Carole Baines is a self-taught, London-born artist based between Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland, Austral...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,145
H 22.45 in W 26.78 in D 1.38 in
In octavo, Abstract, Minimalism, Textured, Expressionism, Oil, Books, Library
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French artist whose work is recognized internationally. She works on several themes such as books here or landscapes and artists' studios Table of red, white and g...
Oil