A Swiss Modernist Painter

Cosmos II, 1956, oil on hardboard, 50 x 65 cm

Cosmos II, 1956

Circles divided into segments dominate this abstract composition from 1956. The primary colors yellow, blue, and red dominate against a dark background. The constellation consists of several circles and rays of different sizes; Evard separates the individual, strictly monochromatically designed color fields from each other with black contour lines. This work illustrates the influence of Orphism, whose most important representative is Robert Delaunay (1885-1941). This art movement developed from Cubism and depicts colorful circular structures, incorporating the color theory of Michel Eugène Chevreul.