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
$2,211
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
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
$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
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
$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
$9,000
H 83 in W 83 in
"Calypso III" Abstract Painting 83" x 83" inch by Carole Baines
Located in Culver City, CA
"Calypso III" Abstract Painting 83" x 83" inch by Carole Baines Carole Baines is a self-taught, London-born artist based between Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Caro...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$7,000
H 51 in W 83 in
"Calypso II" Abstract Painting 51" x 83" inch by Carole Baines
Located in Culver City, CA
"Calypso II" Abstract Painting 51" x 83" inch by Carole Baines Carole Baines is a self-taught, London-born artist based between Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Carol...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$8,000
H 83 in W 83 in
"Labyrinth" Abstract Painting 83" x 83" inch by Carole Baines
Located in Culver City, CA
"Labyrinth" Abstract Painting 83" x 83" inch by Carole Baines Carole Baines is a self-taught, London-born artist based between Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Carole...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,520Sale Price|20% Off
H 36.07 in W 30 in D 0.13 in
Colorful Modernist Still Life with Impasto Flowers Style of Emily Sillman
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Modernist Still Life with Impasto Flowers by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952). This bold still life features an array of flowers as its central focus. The painting is ren...
Oil, Board, Masonite
$4,500Sale Price|43% Off
H 27.75 in W 24.625 in D 2.375 in
Ralph Rosenborg "Rock Flowers" Signed Abstract Expressionist Oil, Framed 1965
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Miami, FL
RALPH ROSENBORG – "ROCK FLOWERS" Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed & Dated Lower Left & Verso ⚜ Float Frame A VIBRANT EXPRESSIONIST WORK FROM A TRUE AMERICAN MODERNIST In Rock Flowers,...
Oil
$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
Purple Falling Flowers
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Purple Falling Flowers' is abstract painting of flowers and vines over a pale teal and tan background. Bright green stems tangle together as if the flowe...
Canvas, Oil, Resin