Selected Works | elliottthompsonart

Overview

Over the course of his lengthy career as an artist, Elliott has produced several series of paintings. In the late 1960s, he began exploring geometric design possibilities in a black and white series he called Division of the Square. From this starting point, he developed a series of Z paintings in the early 1970s. In the Z paintings, he turned his attention to color. In both of these series, you will see his characteristic crisp, hard edges. His interest in color is apparent in the series of paintings called Dancing Lines. In these paintings, the ground color is produced through a process of staining. Elliott's fascination with mathematical analysis found an outlet in the Cube series of paintings, which he started in the late 1970s. Around the same time, he started a series of canvases in the shape of trapezoids, inspired by villages he visited in the South of France.

ET 1971 1 Elliott Thompson standing in front of one of the paintings in the Z series. This photograph by Frank Johnston appeared in The Washington Post.	Elliott Thompson 70s Elliott Thompson in the early 1970s, during the time he was teaching at the Corcoran.
ET 2015 1 Elliott Thompson explaining the mathematical system for naming the paintings in the series Division of the Square.	ET 2015 2 Elliott Thompson reviewing sketches and materials related to his paintings. In the background is a large canvas from the Dancing Rain series, covered in protective plastic.
ET 2015 3 Elliott Thompson at home in 2015, reviewing materials from the series of paintings called Division of the Square.

Elliott Thompson, Artist

1912-2016

Overview

ET 1971 1

Elliott Thompson standing in front of one of the paintings in the Z series. This photograph by Frank Johnston appeared in The Washington Post.

Elliott Thompson 70s

Elliott Thompson in the early 1970s, during the time he was teaching at the Corcoran.

ET 2015 1

Elliott Thompson explaining the mathematical system for naming the paintings in the series Division of the Square.

ET 2015 2

Elliott Thompson reviewing sketches and materials related to his paintings. In the background is a large canvas from the Dancing Rain series, covered in protective plastic.

ET 2015 3

Elliott Thompson at home in 2015, reviewing materials from the series of paintings called Division of the Square.