How could you create the same effect ? Hard-edge painting became a popular style in the 1950s and 1960s. It describes an abstract style that combines the clear composition of geometric abstraction with the intense color and bold, unified forms. Remember the Art Style for its fullness of color, clean lines, linear (line-based) pattern and smooth surface planes.

Well known HARD EDGE PAINTERS… The Elements of Design (color, shape, form, value, texture) are arranged into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors. –called--- HARD-EDGE PAINTING STYLE HARD-EDGE PAINTING STYLE

Stuart Davis American Painter, Born in Philadelphia, Penn. His mother was a sculptor & his father was an art editor for a newspaper. Anchor, 1935

Stuart Davis, Memo, 1956 Stuart Davis, Combination Concrete

New York Waterfront, Oil on Canvas, 1938

Rapt at Rappaport’s, 1952 Ready to Wear, 1955

Frank Stella Frank Stella was of Italian descent and born in 1936 Well-known American Painter and Printmaker known for MINIMALISM and HARD-EDGE STYLE

Frank Stella, Firuzabad, 1970, acrylic on Canvas

John McLaughlin, 1898 –1976 John McLaughlin was born in Sharon, Massachusetts. His father was a Massachusetts Superior Court judge and he had six siblings. His parents instilled in him an interest in art, most specifically Asian art. McLaughlin's work is characterized by a simplicity expressed as precise geometric forms, usually rectangles.

Based on his study of Asian Art, he learned that sometimes a VOID (or nothingness) is just as important as a wildly, exciting, colorful painting…

Frederick Hammersley (1919 – 2009) born in Salt Lake City, Utah – took art lessons at a very young age

Hard Edge Painting Cropping/Zooming Tempera Paint

Your Project: HARD EDGE PAINTING A combination of Pop Art and Hard Edge Painting 1.Choose a Logo from the stacks that will CHALLENGE you, however, allow you to be successful. For Example, Picasso should not choose a logo with two colors and straight lines! 2.Draw THREE thumbnails