Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890–1973, American artist, b.
Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first
Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with
Morgan Russell, he founded synchromism in 1912. In paintings
such as Oriental Synchromy in Blue-Green (1918; Whitney Mus.,
New York City), Macdonald-Wright uses color to build an illusion
of space and depth. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th
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