Facts about Bridget Riley

Summary

Bridget Riley (born as Bridget Louise Riley in Norwood, London, England, UK) is a famous Artist from United Kingdom, she is still alive and was born April 24, 1931.

Biography

Bridget Riley is an English painter, a leading figure in the artistic movement of Op Art created complex configurations of abstract forms designed to produce striking optical effects.

Riley was born on in London, where she studied between 1949-1952 at Goldsmiths College, where she specialized in drawing, and later at the Royal Academy. In the late 1950's she was influenced by the pointillism of Georges Seurat, as the painter Maurice de Sausmarez, a great admirer of the work of Riley, which she later devoted a monograph (1970), persuaded her to study it. However, Riley achieved a great reputation through abstract paintings executed in the 1960s, later celebrated several retrospective exhibitions of his works, like the one organized in 1971 the Hayward Gallery.

After his first pointillist stage, Riley experienced by 1960 with a painting of large areas of flat colors, before numerous black and white works between 1961 and 1965. In its second phase, focused on creating series of geometric shapes, subtly different in size and shape to get a sense of movement remarked, as can be seen in The Fall (1963, London). At the end of the 1960 Riley experimented with other optical devices, painting with pure colors complementary lines, which affected the perception juxtaposition of individual colors bright.

During the 1970's increased its range of colors, including both black and white. Despite its high degree of abstraction, the works of Riley try to evoke the visual experience of the world, which can be determined, for example, in the series of paintings in 1980 after a trip to Egypt.

The importance of Riley is due mainly to his contribution to the development of Op Art In addition to influencing the work of artists from other countries, had several assistants who completed many of his paintings according to their designs and instructions. This emphasizes that, like most of the art of the late twentieth century, the conceptual aspect of their work becomes more important than the individual quality of its execution.

Zodiac etc.

She is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by Bridget.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Riley