Sternfeld is a modern master of colour photography.
The resulting 18-shoe confusion – technically known as a Crocalypse – needed a master of colour to manage it.
Barocci was a master of colour, especially gold, grey and rose, getting the chromatic key right every time.
Perhaps it was the frequency of these visual surprises that drew a modern master of colour photography, Joel Sternfeld, from his home in New York to Arizona in the late 1970s and 1980s.
In terms of abstract, Poussin – who was the great master of colour composition – comes closest in The Triumph of Pan from the National Gallery, a riot of blue dress and exposed flesh against the vertical lines of narrow trees.
While not a vintage year for the Arles photo festival, this small show uncovered the work of Léon Gimpel, an overlooked master of colour and staging who created a series of tableaux in 1915 showing a gang of Parisian street children acting out war scenes.
During the 1860s, his most notable work was for James Doyle's A Chronicle of England, which includes 80 illustrations, and is considered evidence of his capability as a master of colour.
1797 Tokyo, Japan October 12, 1858 Tokyo, Japan Hiroshige, in full Andō Hiroshige, professional names Utagawa Hiroshige and Ichiyūsai Hiroshige, original name Andō Tokutarō (born 1797, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan died October 12, 1858, Edo) Japanese artist, one of the last great ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") masters of the colour woodblock print.
Ethan Levitas is a formalist at heart, and a master of muted colour.
Meisenberg recently finished his studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he was taught by a master of vivid colour, Peter Doig.
