Artwork
Synchromy
Synchromy is an oil painting by Morgan Russell. It dates from 1929 and is held in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Synchromy, executed in oil on canvas around 1929, is a work by American modernist Morgan Russell. The painting forms part of the artist’s exploration of abstract color harmonies and is presently in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Technique & Style
Russell employed oil paint to create interlocking fields of color, emphasizing rhythmic relationships rather than representational forms. The composition reflects the synesthetic ideas of the period, where visual elements were intended to evoke musical sensations through precise chromatic arrangements.
History & Provenance
Created near the end of the 1920s, Synchromy entered the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s holdings as part of its early 20th‑century modern art acquisitions. The museum’s records list the painting as a key example of Russell’s contribution to the Synchromism movement.
Artist & collection
Artist
Morgan Russell was a modern American artist. With Stanton Macdonald-Wright, he was the founder of Synchromism, a provocative style of abstract painting that dates from 1912 to the 1920s. Russell's "synchromies," which…
