Untitled
1958
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1958
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1958 oil by Patrick Scott, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a dark, shadowy figure from the back, standing against a pale blue sky. Above the figure’s head floats a tangled, greenish mass of lines and shapes—like a storm cloud or a swarm of insects. The colors are mostly cool blues and greens, with the figure’s silhouette stark against the sky. The artist used thick, uneven brushstrokes to create that floating mess of lines. It looks almost like a separate world hovering over the figure’s head. Check out impasto to see how artists use thick paint for dramatic texture.
Patrick Scott (24 January 1921 – 14 February 2014) was an Irish artist. Patrick Scott was born in Kilbrittain, County Cork, in 1921, and had his first exhibition in 1944, but trained as an architect and did not become a…
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