Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816
Painter; Los Angeles, California.
From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723
"Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to paint a series of murals for the Santa Monica Public Library under the federal government's Public Works of Art Project, predecessor to the WPA Federal Art Project. ... Macdonald-Wright went on to be director of the Southern California Federal Art Project in the late 1930s."--Description provided by Almagre Books.
From the description of [Stanton Macdonald-Wright album of original sketches and related materials for the Santa Monica Public Library mural, sponsored by the Public Works of Art Project, 1934.] [1934-1935] (San Diego State University Library). WorldCat record id: 180935821
Painter Macdonald-Wright was Morgan Russell's sales agent and benefactor as well as his friend.
From the description of Stanton Macdonald-Wright letters to Morgan Russell, 1913-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373517
Painter; Los Angeles, Calif.
From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1964 Apr. 13-Sept. 16 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123430319
From the description of Stanton Macdonald-Wright collection, 1940-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502770
American artist.
From the description of A treatise on color, 1924. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 420543647
Macdonald-Wright was a painter. The Leslies are art collectors in Palm Springs, Calif. They collected Macdonald-Wright's paintings and were close friends of the Macdonald-Wrights during the last seven years of the artists' life.
From the description of Stanton Macdonald-Wright letters to Alan and Fanny Leslie, 1968-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82844435
Painter; Los Angeles, Calif.
Macdonald-Wright was a pioneer of chromatic abstraction. Born July 8, 1890 in Charlottesville, Va., he moved to Santa Monica, Calif. in 1909. He studied in France from 1907-1916, where he met artist Morgan Russell, with whom he developed a close working relationship and developed Synchromism. Macdonald-Wright returned to New York in 1916, and moved to Santa Monica in 1916, where he taught and exhibited widely. From 1935 to 1942 he served as director of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project for Southern California, which was followed by a faculty position at UCLA and extended visits to Hawaii, Italy, and Japan. He died in 1973. Macdonald-Wright's brother, Willard Huntington Wright, was the author of Modern Painting: Its Tendency and Meaning (1915) and the Future of Painting (1923), turning later to mystery writing under the name S.S. Van Dine.
From the description of Stanton Macdonald-Wright papers, 1907-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333495
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Subjects:
- Art, Modern
- Art, American
- Art
- Art
- Art
- Art
- Artists
- Color in art
- Drawing, American
- Federal aid to the arts
- Figure drawing
- Mural painting and decoration, American
- Painters
- Painters
- Painting, Abstract
- Painting, American
- Scrapbooks
- Synchromism (Art)
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- California--Santa Monica (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
- France--Paris (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California--Santa Monica (as recorded)
