DETAILS
- Artist
- Stanton Macdonald-Wright
- Date
- 1934
- Location
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Culture
- United States
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
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The full narration walks you through Mural for the Santa Monica Library: Prologue (mountain tops) — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Stanton Macdonald-Wright co-founded Synchromism, an early American abstract art movement that explored the musicality of color.
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Paul Klee · 1934 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Garden Airplane-Trap
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