1. 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.

2. 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

3. Stuart Davis American Painter, 1894-1964 Born in Philadelphia, Penn. His mother was a sculptor & his father was an art editor for a newspaper. Anchor, 1935

4. Stuart Davis, Memo, 1956 Stuart Davis, Combination Concrete

5. New York Waterfront, Oil on Canvas, 1938

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

7. 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

8. Frank Stella, Firuzabad, 1970, acrylic on Canvas

9. 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.

10. 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…

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

13. Hard Edge Painting Cropping/Zooming Tempera Paint

14. 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