The artwork, titled “Royal Fireworks,” was created by Helen Frankenthaler in 1975. It belongs to the Color Field Painting movement and is categorized under the abstract genre.
“Royal Fireworks” is a vivid and expansive composition that showcases a harmonious blend of soft, overlapping shades. Predominantly featuring warm tones of orange and yellow, the colors appear to bleed into one another, creating a sense of fluidity and depth. Accents of pastel purples and bluish hues provide subtle contrasts along the edges, further enriching the visual depth of the piece. The artwork’s abstract nature evokes a sense of spontaneity and motion, as if capturing the fleeting brilliance of a fireworks display in an abstracted, ethereal form. The overall effect is both calming and dynamic, embodying the essence of Color Field Painting through its focus on the nuanced interplay of color and form.