Image of Color Wheel (tempera on paper) by Schaeffer, Rudolph (1886-1988)

Color Wheel (tempera on paper)

IMAGE number: SMT1217239
Image title: Color Wheel (tempera on paper)
Artist: Schaeffer, Rudolph (1886-1988) / American
Location: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Medium: tempera on paper

Image description: San Francisco’s colour theorist Rudolph Schaeffer sought to harmonize science and lifestyle in order to live in accord with nature. This tempera colour wheel takes a step toward that goal, exploring the interactions between colors while arranging them according to how they correspond with wavelengths of light. The color wheel was just one of the many visuals he used to teach what he coined "interior design" at his eponymous art school, the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design, opened in 1926. Schaeffer’s archive includes more teaching materials and records relating to his work as a pioneering educator.
Photo credit: © Smithsonian Institution / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: note / circular / circle / color / notes / handwritten / modern / designs / round / colour / wheel / wheels / design / Painting / Mzpainting

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