Untitled

Untitled

Willys de Castro

1960

oil

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting is just a flat, bright yellow rectangle. The edges are clean and straight, with a thin blue border around it. The color looks smooth but thick, like it was brushed on heavily. The artist used a lot of paint to fill the whole space—no shapes, no details, just solid yellow. This style is called *impasto*, where paint is laid on thick so you can almost see the brushstrokes. If you like this, check out impasto to see how other artists used thick paint.

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