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Original artwork description:
In 1950, at the age of 62, Albers began what would become his signature series, the Homage to the Square. Over the next 26 years, until his death in 1976, he produced hundreds of variations on the basic compositional scheme of three or four squares set inside each other, with the squares slightly gravitating towards the bottom edge.
In this and other paintings in his Homage to the Square series, Albers investigates the interaction of colors with one another, adjusting hue, tone and intensity to explore optical effects. These Albers created, shimmering color contrasts and the illusion of receding and advancing planes, were meant not so much to deceive the eye as to challenge the viewer’s faculties of visual reception.
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Tags:
#homage to the square #abstract #woman #colorful #contemporary #red #yellow #orange #pop art #people #figurative #realism #square #geometrical #photorealism #hyperrealism #bauhaus #museum #looking at art #joseph albers #looking at paintingHomage To The Square (2018)
Acrylic painting
by Gerard Boersma
13 Artist Reviews
£125.55 Sold
- Acrylic painting on Panel / Board / MDF
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 2.54cm (unframed)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
In 1950, at the age of 62, Albers began what would become his signature series, the Homage to the Square. Over the next 26 years, until his death in 1976, he produced hundreds of variations on the basic compositional scheme of three or four squares set inside each other, with the squares slightly gravitating towards the bottom edge.
In this and other paintings in his Homage to the Square series, Albers investigates the interaction of colors with one another, adjusting hue, tone and intensity to explore optical effects. These Albers created, shimmering color contrasts and the illusion of receding and advancing planes, were meant not so much to deceive the eye as to challenge the viewer’s faculties of visual reception.
Materials used:
Acrylic on masonite
Tags:
#homage to the square #abstract #woman #colorful #contemporary #red #yellow #orange #pop art #people #figurative #realism #square #geometrical #photorealism #hyperrealism #bauhaus #museum #looking at art #joseph albers #looking at paintingReturns and refunds
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Artist Reviews (13)
Gerard Boersma
Netherlands
About
I create colorful and highly detailed works of art to express my love for the modern human as well as my concerns about contemporary society.
My hyperreal paintings are based... Read more
