The artwork titled “Red Wall” was created by artist Josef Albers between the years 1947 and 1956. Rendered in oil and classified under the Hard Edge Painting movement, this piece belongs to Albers’s abstract series called “Adobe/Variants.”
The artwork exhibits a meticulously composed geometric abstraction, dominated by a vibrant red central rectangle bordered by distinct blocks of blue, purple, and deep maroon. These colors form a rigid, architecturally inspired pattern that quintessentially represents the Hard Edge Painting movement’s emphasis on smooth, sharply defined areas of color. The juxtaposition of these solid hues creates a visual tension and harmony, drawing the viewer into its structured yet aesthetically complex composition.
