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Figure against a blue background
Other Title Study for a Transfiguration Date 1957 Media category Painting Materials used oil on canvas Dimensions 91.5 x 91.5 cm stretcher; 106.5 x 105.7 x 3.5 cm frame Signature & date Signed l.r., blue paint “Vaughan”. Not dated. Credit Purchased 1960 Location Not on display Accession number OB4.1960 Copyright © Estate of Keith Vaughan/DACS. Copyright Agency Reproduction requests Artist information Keith Vaughan Works in the collection 2 Share
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‘Figure against a blue background’ was closely linked with another painting of the same period, ‘Fourth assembly of figures’ 1956 [originally titled ‘Transfiguration group’] in the collection of the Nottingham City Museums & Galleries, England. “Subsequently I altered the titles of both paintings to remove any religious associations, which were never intended. From my point of view the painting is of interest because it was the first time I succeeded in controlling a looser, more spontaneous and fluent style of painting, and uniting figurative and abstract elements in the same composition. While realising the dangers involved in this, I had nevertheless long felt compelled to try and find a common ground for unifying the two elements and reconciling the conflict implicit in the concept of man in his environment (a reconciliation purely in plastic terms and not in illustrative or descriptive terms).” Letter from the artist 14.11.1960
Shown in 4 exhibitions
- John Moores Liverpool exhibition (1957-58), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 10 Nov 1957–11 Jan 1958
- Recent paintings by Keith Vaughan, The Leicester Galleries, London, 06 Jun 1958–28 Jun 1958
- Keith Vaughan: recent paintings, The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 26 Feb 1960–19 Mar 1960
- Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961
Woman in Red against Blue Background
You can own a museum-quality handmade art reproduction of “Woman in Red against Blue Background” by artist Chaim Soutine in 1934. The oil painting will be reproduced on artist-level linen canvas by an expert painter. Below you can select from multiple sizing options and top quality art frames. It is fully customizable.
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Woman in Red against Blue Background is a famous oil painting, originally by French artist Chaim Soutine in 1934, with the style of expressionism. The painting now is collected by Philadelphia Museum of Art. This kind of portrait oil paintings is very common in visual art. Besides, recommend you to view other painting artworks from Chaim Soutine.
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| Orientations | Portrait |
|---|---|
| Medium | Handmade Oil Painting |
| Availability | Pre-order |
| Shipping Condition | World Free |
| Customizable | Choose Size & Frame |
| Museum | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Art Style | Expressionism |
| Subjects | Portrait |
| Original Size | 25.51 x 19.76″ (64.8 x 50.2 cm) |
| Artist Name | Chaim Soutine |
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Color Contrast
In this investigation, you’ll discover how colors seem to change when you place them against different-colored backgrounds. You need to consider this phenomenon when you pick out colors for carpeting or walls or when you’re painting a picture.
Tools and Materials
- Scissors
- Construction or origami paper in yellow, purple, green, blue (two shades), and orange (two shades); select pieces of paper that are the same size
- Glue
- Paint-sample cards (from paint or hardware stores) that show gradations of one color
Assembly
- Cut one sheet of orange paper in half lengthwise and glue it to cover up half of a blue sheet. This will give you a large sheet of paper that’s half blue and half orange. This large piece of paper will be your background for other colors.
- Cut two small squares from each of the colors you have, including squares of blue or orange of a different shade from that of the large sheets.
- Make two matching, evenly spaced columns of colored squares, one on the blue background and one on the orange background (see image above). Glue each of the corresponding squares in place on the blue and orange backgrounds.
- From the same colors as the small squares, cut a strip of each color wide enough that it can be placed over both columns at once for comparison. The illustration below shows two identical sample squares on two different backgrounds, and a comparison bar (click to enlarge).
To Do and Notice
Notice that two small squares of the same color may appear to be different shades when mounted on different-colored backgrounds. Place the comparison strip so that it touches both small squares of color at the same time to verify that the squares are actually the same color. Experiment with different colors to see which background colors make foreground colors appear lighter and which make them appear darker.
Color contrast also works in reverse: Against certain backgrounds, different colors can look the same. From the paint samples, choose two shades that are very similar but are clearly distinguishable when placed right next to each other. Put the paint samples on different backgrounds. The slightly different colors may then appear to be the same. You will have to experiment with different backgrounds to get the desired effect.
What’s Going On?
The back of your eye is lined with light-sensitive cells, including color-sensitive cone cells. Your cones affect each other in complex ways. These connections give you good color vision, but they can also fool your eye.
When cones in one part of your eye see blue light, they make nearby cones less sensitive to blue. Because of this, you see a colored spot on a blue background as less blue than it really is. If you put a purple spot on a blue background, for instance, the spot looks a little less blue than it otherwise would. Similarly, a red spot on an orange background looks less orange than it otherwise would.
Going Further
When nineteenth-century astronomers observed Mars through telescopes, they saw a wave of green spread down from the planet’s north pole as the polar cap disappeared each spring. Modern astronomers know that this wave of green is actually gray volcanic dust spread by carbon dioxide expanding from the dry ice of the polar cap. A red background makes gray spots look greenish. The gray dust of Mars appeared green to human eyes when it was viewed against the planet’s red background.
