Motive of Space and Form—A New Jersey Village (Montville)
Motive of Space and Form—A New Jersey Village (Montville)
Artist
Oscar Bluemner
(1867 - 1938)
Date1915
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 37 in. × 47 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in.
Framed: 37 in. × 47 1/2 in. × 1 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.14
Signedl.r., in black paint: Bluemner
Accession number
2006.14
On View
Not on viewLabel TextOscar Bluemner’s Motive of Space and Form—A New Jersey Village (Montville) depicts houses along a canal in Montville, New Jersey. Bluemner abstracted the scene by manipulating the size of the buildings and combining multiple perspectives of the landscape. Bluemner used color, especially his signature vermillion red, to express emotion or meaning. He described red as the “chief color and maximum of everything artistic; the strongest attraction, signal, warning, symbol of power, vitality, energy, life.”
Esta obra de Oscar Bluemner representa casas junto a un canal en Montville, Nueva Jersey. Bluemner abstrajo la escena manipulando el tamaño de los edificios y combinando múltiples perspectivas en el paisaje. El artista utilizaba el color, especialmente su característico rojo bermellón, para expresar emociones o significados. Describió el rojo como el “color primordial y máximo de todo lo artístico; la atracción más fuerte, señal, advertencia, símbolo de poder, vitalidad, energía, vida”.
