Color is an element of design that has many functions.
Color is used to decorate, describe and express.
Oscar Bluemner, who was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1892, frequently employed color in his later years as an artist. While training to become an architect, Oscar abandoned his studies in 1912, when he decided to pursue painting. Bluemner used color as a means of expression. The vibrant colors utilized by Bluemner each contain certain meaning and feeling. In the painting above, it is clear how Bluemner used color to imbue his landscape with the power of expression and emotion.