Abstraction: Windows

Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, artist

1870–1956

Abstraction: Windows, circa 1910–1915

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 73 x 60 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2010.0172

On display: Marshall Balcony

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Abstraction: Windows represents the theory of Vibrism, a concept connecting sound waves to vibrations of color. The theory and this painting are both the work of Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, whose use of faceted forms in contrasting colors was part of a revolutionary shift in portraying the world. She also convened influential social gatherings in Paris that generated formative cultural thought. Rij-Rousseau’s Vibrism led directly to the better-known Cubism, but her male peers Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso crowded out her ground-breaking accomplishments.