Search Results:Viewing Record 1 of 1 | [AC] Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; [HC] Hampshire College Art Gallery; [HD] Historic Deerfield; [MH] Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; [MH SK] The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College; [SC] Smith College Museum of Art; [UM] University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst |
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Olitski, Jules American (1922-2007) Bronze Emperor 6 1974 Painting Mixed media on canvas Stretcher: 91 x 37 in.; 231.1 x 94.0 cm AC 1985.24 Gift of Steven M. Jacobson (Class of 1953) |
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Tags: Abstract, Bark, Big, Black, Frame, Grey, Impasto, Modern, Paint, Painting, Rectangle, Streaks, Texture, White A key figure in the history of late-20th-century abstraction, Jules Olitski experimented ceaselessly with materials and techniques in the context of so-called “color field painting.” Whereas his work had previously featured reductive, austere surfaces (often achieved through staining or spraying pigment onto his canvas), Bronze Emperor 6 appears, by comparison, exuberant and painterly, its impasto paint applied almost like cake frosting. Olitski retained a restrained, nearly monochromatic palette, and, in so doing, produced a characteristically atmospheric, vaguely spatial effect. The word “Bronze” denotes not only the general tonality of Olitski’s palette, but also the material typically used to commemorate important individuals. The canvas’s vertical orientation and considerable dimensions also suggest a formidable presence, underscored by the word “Emperor” in the title. |
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