Black Painting By Ad Reinhardt

At first glance this painting presents a flat black surface.

Black painting by ad reinhardt. The shape between them formed by the center squares is bluish black in its vertical bar and greenish black in its horizontal bar. The black paintings by barbara rose. The purity of blackness consumes every other shape or color. Ad reinhardts black paintings.

Reinhardt stella and irwin by rosalind krauss. The palette is typical of the style and is comprised of four colors essential for a cubist painting. The black in each corner square has a reddish tone. Black white brown and gray.

Los angeles modern auctions lama is pleased to announce ad reinhardts abstract painting 1958 will go to auction on october 9 2016. The artist devoted his late years almost exclusively to the creation of the black paintings 1953 67 the canvases of bewildering power that brought him the most fame. A tale of two black squares. This important painting is from a series of black paintings reinhardt produced between the years of 1953 and 1967 deemed one of the most influential bodies of work in modern art.

But longer viewing reveals more than one shade of black and an underlying geometric structure. At first glance abstract painting may appear to be a monochromatic black canvas but a careful look reveals that this painting is a three by three grid with squares in varying shades of black. For reinhardt the color black in itself was an absolute point of abstraction. He was a member of the american abstract artists and was a part of the movement centered on the betty parsons gallery that became known as abstract expressionismhe was also a member of the club the meeting place for the.

Artist page for ad reinhardt 19131967 adolph frederick ad reinhardt december 24 1913 august 30 1967 was an abstract painter active in new york beginning in the 1930s and continuing through the 1960s. Art of life of art. Adolph frederick ad reinhardt december 24 1913 august 30 1967 was an abstract painter active in new york beginning in the 1930s and continuing through the 1960s. A psychoanalytic critique by donald kuspit.

Among many other suggestions these paintings ask if there can be such a thing as an absolute even in black which some viewers may not consider a color at all. Study for a painting 1938 this early composition by ad reinhardt exhibits the artists profound interest and understanding of the cubist art of pablo picasso and george braque. Pictures of one thing by barry schwabsky. The art of seeing by carol stringari.

Ad reinhardt december 24 1913 august 30 1967 was an american abstract expressionistartist who sought to create what he called absolute abstraction the result was a series of works known as the black paintings which consisted of geometrical shapes in subtle shades of black and near black. Reinhardt has divided the canvas into a three by three grid of squares. He was a member of the american abstract artists and was a part of the movement centered on the betty parsons gallery that became known as abstract expressionism.