http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90541/stanton-macdonald-wright-synchromy-in-green-and-orange-1916 ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Stanton Macdonald-Wright, <i>Synchromy in Green and Orange</i> (1916) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90541/stanton-macdonald-wright-synchromy-in-green-and-orange-1916 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90541/stanton-macdonald-wright-synchromy-in-green-and-orange-1916 Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Stanton Macdonald-Wright, <i>Synchromy in Green and Orange</i> (1916)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Walker Art Center</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2002</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/>"[Synchromy] is to color what symphony is to sound, it means everything is done with color."--Stanton Macdonald-Wright <p>Stanton Macdonald-Wright moved to Paris in 1906 during the formative years of Cubism. Though Cubism was the strongest influence on his style of painting, he opposed its linear and monochromatic tendencies. As a result, Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell (another American artist living in Paris) developed a theory of painting they called Synchromism. Their goal was to make color the subject of their paintings in the same way that musical tone is the subject of symphonic compositions. They also incorporated ideas from the latest scientific theories of color "behavior." In this work, orange, green, and purple--the three secondaries on the color wheel--form a "dominant chord" that produces, according to Synchromist theory, a feeling of harmony in the viewer.</p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90541/stanton-macdonald-wright-synchromy-in-green-and-orange-1916 "[Synchromy] is to color what symphony is to sound, it means everything is done with color."--Stanton Macdonald-Wright Stanton Macdonald-Wright moved to Paris in 1906 during the formative years of Cubism. Though Cubism was the strongest influence on his style of painting, he opposed its linear and monochromatic tendencies. As a result, Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell (another American artist living in Paris) developed a theory of painting they called Synchromism. Their goal was to make color the subject of their paintings in the same way that musical tone is the subject of symphonic compositions. They also incorporated ideas from the latest scientific theories of color "behavior." In this work, orange, green, and purple--the three secondaries on the color wheel--form a "dominant chord" that produces, according to Synchromist theory, a feeling of harmony in the viewer. " type="image/jpeg" />"[Synchromy] is to color what symphony is to sound, it means everything is done with color."--Stanton Macdonald-Wright Stanton Macdonald-Wright moved to Paris in 1906 during the formative years of Cubism. Though Cubism was the strongest influence on his style of painting, he opposed its linear and monochromatic tendencies. As a result, Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell (another American artist living in Paris) developed a theory of painting they called Synchromism. Their goal was to make color the subject of their paintings in the same way that musical tone is the subject of symphonic compositions. They also incorporated ideas from the latest scientific theories of color "behavior." In this work, orange, green, and purple--the three secondaries on the color wheel--form a "dominant chord" that produces, according to Synchromist theory, a feeling of harmony in the viewer. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright 2002 Walker Art CenterWalker Art Center