Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Born: 1890
City and Country of Origin: Charlottesville, North Carolina
Painting School: Cubist
Art Training: Art Students League, Los Angeles; Sorbonne; Academie Julian; Academie Colarossi; Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris
Exhibitions: The Group of Independent Artists, 1923
Awards:
Major Works: "Canon Synchrony, C. 1919"
Stanton Macdonald-Wright Biography: He ran away from home at the age of 11 and ended up in California. Along with fellow artist Morgan Russell he founded a painting style known as "Synchronism." When he completed his studies in Paris he returned to Los Angeles where he became the Director of the Art Students League and oversaw the WPA arts program in the western USA. His interest in Cubism and Buddhism led him to Japan which would become his second home.
Died: 1973