Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color
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"Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color" is a seminal 1921 triptych by Russian Constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko that reduces painting to three monochrome canvases in primary colors as a radical statement on the end of traditional easel art.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
triptych ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | post-Revolution Russian art ⓘ |
| artist | Alexander Rodchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticIntent |
radical statement on the end of traditional easel painting
ⓘ
reduction of painting to pure color ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian avant-garde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
end of painting debates ⓘ |
| canvasType | stretched canvas ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderWithinTriptych | red-yellow-blue sequence ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinArtistCareer | early 1920s phase of Rodchenko ⓘ |
| colorCategory | primary colors ⓘ |
| colorUsed |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| creator | Alexander Rodchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | pure color fields ⓘ |
| displayFormat | triptych arrangement ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
ⓘ
monochrome painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pure Blue Color
ⓘ
Pure Red Color ⓘ Pure Yellow Color ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | seminal work of Russian Constructivism ⓘ |
| inception | 1921 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian Constructivist theory
ⓘ
abandonment of illusionistic space ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English translation of original Russian title ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Constructivism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conceptual challenge to traditional painting
ⓘ
elimination of figurative imagery ⓘ use of only three primary colors ⓘ |
| numberOfCanvases | 3 ⓘ |
| philosophicalStatement | declaration of the end of painting as traditionally understood ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
formalism in painting
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non-representational art ⓘ reductionism in art ⓘ |
| style | geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | non-objective ⓘ |
| surfaceTreatment | monochrome ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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