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oil paint canvas
Currently on view at Mint Museum--UPTOWN
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Katherine and Thomas Belk Foundation in honor of Katherine and Thomas Belk
"[Stieglitz] has a new [Stanton Macdonald-] Wright and I saw another one—both Synchromist things that are wonderful. Theory plus feeling—they are really great." -Georgia O’Keeffe, 1917 Trumpet Flowers is a rare example of synchromism, a movement developed by the American artists Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell in Paris in 1913 that attempted to synthesize art and music through the use of color. The two artists believed that color, rather than line, should play a dominant role in their work and that this new style had the potential to evoke unique emotional and spiritual experiences. They drew inspiration from earlier European artists—including Joseph Mallord William Turner, Claude Monet, and Paul Cézanne—who were likewise interested in finding new ways to approach color and form. Trumpet Flowers was created around the time that Macdonald-Wright moved from New York to California, and just before he began to experiment with new ideas about Eastern art and philosophy. It demonstrates his mastery of using shifts in tonal value and intensity to depict his subject and to create a harmonious composition. The floral forms are arranged in sinuous curves and counter-curves that, combined with the dazzling passages of color, evoke a sense of motion and depth. The artist also suggests the passage of time, which unfolds rhythmically as the viewer’s eye follows the forms and changing color “notes” across the surface of the canvas.
Accession Number: 2013.25
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