Synchromism
Sign in to savethumb|Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Airplane Synchromy in Yellow-Orange, 1920, oil on canvas, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York]] thumb|Morgan Russell, Cosmic Synchromy (1913–14), oil on canvas, × , [[Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute]] Synchromism was an art movement founded in 1912 by American artists Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) and Morgan Russell (1886–1953). Their abstract "synchromies," based on an approach to painting that analogized color to music, were among the first abstract paintings in American art. Though it was short-lived and did not attract many adherents, Synchr
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- Theory and style
- History
- Notes
- Sources
thumb|Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Airplane Synchromy in Yellow-Orange, 1920, oil on canvas, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York]] thumb|Morgan Russell, Cosmic Synchromy (1913–14), oil on canvas, × , [[Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute]] Synchromism was an art movement founded in 1912 by American artists Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890–1973) and Morgan Russell (1886–1953). Their abstract "synchromies," based on an approach to painting that analogized color to music, were among the first abstract paintings in American art. Though it was short-lived and did not attract many adherents, Synchromism became the first American avant-garde art movement to receive international attention.
One of the difficulties inherent in describing Synchromism as a coherent style is connected to the fact that some Synchromist works are purely abstract while others include representational imagery.