COLOUR SERIES

Warm, glowing shades of yellow like Gold Ochre were a definitive feature of Vincent van Gogh’s art. He developed a love for yellow particularly after moving to Arles in February …

Spanish early 20th century painter Joan Miro had an enduring obsession with daring, hot shades of red like Pure Red Linen, scattering them like jewels throughout his art or streaking …

French post-impressionist painter Paul Sérusier was a colourist at heart. A pioneer who founded the avant-garde art group Les Nabis, he broke away from representational colour schemes into the wild …

Italian artist Giorgio Morandi was one of the most pioneering artists of the 20th century, even if his form of revolution was one of quiet, calm, and steady, consistent patience. …

Throughout his long and prolific career, French Post-Impressionist, Nabis painter Pierre Bonnard brought rich, red browns like Burnt Sienna Linen into his art, exploring the ways the colour could carry …

Situated on the French Mediterranean coast, the calm and quiet village of Collioure was an artists’ mecca during the late 19th and early 20th century, attracting creatives with its unpretentious, …

One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, American painter Helen Frankenthaler made vast, spatial fields of colour painted in loose, watery pools of paint. Colour was a …

The colour red was a recurring theme in the art of pioneering 20th century French artist Louise Bourgeois, chosen for its rich symbolism, and powerful, emotive qualities. Crimson shades like …

The soft, sandy orange of Chamois Linen often featured in many of Italian artist and writer Giorgio de Chirico’s best-known paintings, conveying the scorched, sunlit earth of Italian piazzas surrounded by …

French Fauve painter Raoul Dufy is widely celebrated for his vibrant, colourful paintings that celebrate optimistic observed moments and places with a distinctively fresh, light touch. He often incorporated pale, …

The searing hot, vibrant orange of Muskmelon Linen was a colour French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne returned to over and over again, to convey the sunlight of his native France …

French Fauvist painter Maurice de Vlaminck explored the potent properties of colour throughout his career, combining electrifyingly bright shades with more muted, sandy hues like the soft, warm hue of …

American Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Mitchell built her career on the exploration of colour, gesture, and self-expression, making frenzied paintings from interlocking ribbons, bands, and streaks of paint. In her …

Colour was a key component in the art of early 20th century Bauhaus artist Paul Klee, one he treated as a powerful, emotionally resonant force. He immersed himself deeply in …

Late 19th century French painter Paul Sérusier was a pioneering colourist, whose paintings broke free from the realism of the French Impressionists into the realms of the mystical, symbolic, and …

The great American minimalist painter Agnes Martin made her name with epic canvases washed with ghostly, trembling bands of pale pastel colour that speak of memory, love, and her intimate …