Etude in Blue
alma thomas (1891 – 1978)
Discover Alma Thomas (1891-1978), a pioneer of the Washington Color School! Explore her vibrant abstract paintings inspired by nature, space & rhythm. A groundbreaking Black female artist.
SCAD Museum of Art (Savannah, Verenigde Staten van Amerika)
Ontdek hedendaagse kunst & design in het SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah! Ontdek mode, fotografie, Afro-Amerikaanse kunst en meer in een historisch Greek Revival-gebouw. Een unieke leerervaring.
Educated at Howard University and Columbia University, Alma Thomas was associated with the Washington Color School, which also included her contemporaries such as Morris Louis and Sam Gilliam. Thomas was a champion of abstraction as an expressive art form that she believed could transcend specific politics, and chose her imagery and palette in repsonse to nature and scientific phenomena and advancements. Etude in Blue exemplifies a transition from her earlier style of the 1950s, with curving lines and sweeping marks rather than the choppy, mosiac-like swatches of color she developed in the mid 1960s and expanded upon in the 1970s. Etude in Blue also highlights Thomas?s profound exploration of color, with its dominant muted blue palette and subtle areas of bright oranges and yellows that move the eye through the composition.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Etude in Blue
- Kunstenaar: alma thomas
- Jaar: 1966
- Formaat: Portrait
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Onder auteursrechtelijke bescherming
- Locatie: SCAD Museum of Art
- Kleurtoon: Green to Violet Spectrum
- Waargenomen helderheid: deep_shadow

