Assignment # 8 modernism

Color Theory Assignment 8 Francisco Letelier

Create a work that employs the style of a modernist painter/artist.
Be sure you understand the manner in which your chosen artist uses color as a defining element in their work, This is a research assignment, so please place your artist within the context of art movements and art history.

Work must be at least 9" x 12' and can measure up to 12" x 18"

Full color acrylic or gouache on illustration board, Bristol or canvas board.

Consider preparing your surface with gesso before you paint..


*Research your artist and submit a printed color image of their work.

Modern art is a general term used for most of the artistic work from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. (Recent art production is more often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art). Modern art refers to the new approach to art which placed emphasis on representing emotions, themes, and various abstractions. Artists experimented with new ways of seeing, with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art, often moving further toward abstraction