Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color

Oct 6, 2005–Feb 11, 2006

A vibrant expressionist painting depicting a stylized landscape with bold, geometric shapes. A river flows through the center, flanked by rolling green hills and a variety of colorful, angular houses. The sky is a dynamic pattern of blue and white, and a large red road or structure dominates the right side of the composition. The artist's signature is visible in the lower left corner.
A vibrant expressionist painting depicting a stylized landscape with bold, geometric shapes. A river flows through the center, flanked by rolling green hills and a variety of colorful, angular houses. The sky is a dynamic pattern of blue and white, and a large red road or structure dominates the right side of the composition. The artist's signature is visible in the lower left corner.

Oscar Bluemner, Space Motive, a New Jersey Valley, 1913–1914. Oil on linen, overall: 30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (76.5 × 101.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mrs. Muriel D. Palitz 78.2

Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color was curated by Barbara Haskell.

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