Ad Reinhardt Abstract Painting Blue

Lustrous black and dull black black in sunlight and black in shadow 1 to create the work reinhardt mixed black oil paint with small amounts of red green or blue and allowed the paint to sit for several weeks in order to separate the pigment from the solvent. From moca ad reinhardt abstract painting blue 1952 oil on canvas 30 25 in. But longer viewing reveals more than one shade of black and an underlying geometric structure.
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As this and his other statements of the early 1950s attest he stripped away the gestural qualities of his work to focus on the subtle chromatic effects of variation on a single hue.

Ad reinhardt abstract painting blue. Ad reinhardt abstract painting blue 1952. The rectangular shapes of various shades of blue and green are suspended within a resplendent azure surface. Reinhardt was a highly skilled painter and developed a soft rapid brushing technique to remove traces of his own hand a paradox he called brushwork that brushes out brushwork. They are solid blocks of color and yet they seem quite mesmerizingly weightless.

The rectangular shapes of various shades of blue and green are suspended within a resplendent azure surface. Reinhardt has divided the canvas into a three by three grid of squares. The monochromatic dark blue of abstract painting blue with its barely perceptible differences in color tone relates solely to the flat surface the rectangular shape of the canvas support and the properties of pigment. It feels as if the artist attempted an abstract revision of the famed water lilies series 1899 1926 by claude monet creating a harmonious modernist peace.

Abstract painting blue 1952. The black in each corner square has a reddish tone. Abstract painting blue the blue series followed the red series of paintings and this is one of its most successful examples. The shape between.

He would then pour out the solvent and use the remaining concentrated paint to apply a completely smooth matte surface that left no trace of the artists brush. At first glance this painting presents a flat black surface. They are solid blocks of color and yet they seem quite mesmerizingly weightless. These eventually led to monochromatic blue and red paintings ordered by strict geometric arrangements and finally to his black paintings.

Ad reinhardt abstract painting 1963 not on view. His early painting and collage features bold geometric shapes and patterns that he pared down into allover compositions of staccato marks in an increasingly limited range of colors. Blue painting was created in 1953 by ad reinhardt in color field painting style. Blue was created in 1953 by ad reinhardt in color field painting style.