1949
oil
paperboard
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1949 oil by Theodoros Stamos, a Abstract Expressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a tall, dark figure standing inside a red archway. The shape is simple but bold—black and white with a single red line down the middle. The background is rough, with red and gray brushstrokes blending unevenly. The artist used thick, uneven paint to create texture, especially in the arch and figure. This makes the colors feel alive and messy, not smooth. Try looking up *impasto* next to see how artists use thick paint like this.
Theodoros Stamos was a Greek-American painter. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. His later…
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