Sentences with phrase «geometric areas of colour»

Robert Ryman (b. 1930) Noted for impastoed canvases with geometric areas of colour.

Not exact matches

Hard - edge painting is characterized by large, simplified, usually geometric forms on an overall flat surface, precise, razor - sharp contours and broad areas of bright, unmodulated colour that have been stained into unprimed canvas.

White space is clearly as important to Holyhead as the application of colour, the tension between the two is an intrinsic aspect of his compositions, with crisp, stencil - like geometric shapes cutting into flat translucent areas of wash, heightening both gestural process and media and making artistic intentions — an investigation into the enduring possibilities of painting — subtly present.

Teaching at the Catholic University in Washington DC with the painter Morris Louis, Noland began to experiment with geometric shapes, these evolving into the unbroken areas of pigment which would give their name to Colour Field painting, the dominant school of American abstraction after Pollock.

These abstract painters responded to the more «painterly» or gestural forms of Abstract Expressionism by producing a type of geometric abstract art characterized by an economy of expression, a neat surface devoid of incident, a richness of colour applied in clearly delineated areas, and a non-relational, arrangement of forms across the whole canvas.

Hard Edge Painting Term coined in 1959 to describe abstract (but not geometric) painting, using large, flat areas of colour with precise edges.

Back in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s, he developed a new style based on the rhythmic contrast between geometric areas of flat colour and objects clearly defined in linear perspective.

The minimalist designs used geometric shapes and areas of colour.

A geometric cushion picks out the colour of the splashback tiles, while an additional red dining chair links this little kitchen nook to the dining area.

Since many of us are now incorporating fresh and happy colours into our homes, I have started seeing a lot of living rooms with bright new geometric area rugs that mostly don't relate to the upholstery in the room.