2. High-Impact Color

Clyfford Still was an expert colorist and often used high-impact colors in unexpected ways to achieve powerful effects. Vote for your favorite five colorful paintings from the eighteen included below to hang together in one of our galleries. (scroll all the way down to see the options). Tell us why you chose these paintings when you confirm your votes.
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Gif of different images of an abstract oil painting on canvas with a large splotch of pink paint, and some smaller areas with light blue, red, and purple

Clyfford Still, PH-273, 1962.
Oil on canvas, 112 1/4 x 170 1/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Not stretched, never been shown)

PH-273

Abstract painting with two large areas of reddish brown, an area of green, and a rusty red separating the areas and along the top

Clyfford Still, PH-871, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 112 1/2 x 172 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)

PH-871

Horizontal abstract painting with a lot of black paint and large areas of purple, maroon, and a smaller area of dark orange

Clyfford Still, PH-260, 1962.
Oil on canvas, 113 x 158 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-260

Abstract oil painting with gold, yellow, white, and small areas of pink and light blue

Clyfford Still, PH-369, 1951.
Oil on canvas, 80 x 71 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-369

Abstract oil painting with bare canvas visible and goldish yellow paint in large area moving upwards with smaller highlights of yellow, white, and a small black figure on the left side

Clyfford Still, PH-133, 1960.
Oil on canvas, 115 x 104 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-133

Abstract painting splotches of yellow, black, red, orange, and blue paint

Clyfford Still, PH-392, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 109 1/8 x 93 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-392

Abstract oil painting with bare canvas showing on the left and upper right sides, with a large section of yellow, a little white around it, and orange and green vertical lines, with a small red area at the bottom

Clyfford Still, PH-52, 1958.
Oil on canvas, 79 1/2 x 68 5/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-52

Abstract oil painting with large sections of a dark blue, with some vertical yellow figures, bare canvas, and some hints of orange-red

Clyfford Still, PH-833, 1972.
Oil on canvas, 76 x 69 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)

PH-833

Horizontal abstract painting that is almost all different shades of dark blue, with a section of black on the left side and a thin vertical white line on the left third

Clyfford Still, PH-223, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 106 x 117 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-223

An abstract mostly black painting with a blue vertical line through the middle and a red spot at the top

Clyfford Still, PH-605, 1950.
Oil on canvas, 85 1/2 x 69 3/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-605

Vertical abstract painting with bare canvas visible around the edges and a large red splotch in the center with several shades of red and a horizontal black figure along the bottom

Clyfford Still, PH-18, 1955.
Oil on canvas, 108 x 92 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-18

Abstract painting covered mostly in red with several shades of red including a lighter red line up the center, brown around the edges, and a black splotch toward the top center

Clyfford Still, PH-161, 1954.
Oil on canvas, 95 1/8 x 92 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-161

Abstract painting with a large brown splotch in the lower right side, orange horizontal and vertical lines dividing the painting into uneven quadrants, a magenta section on the left side, a red section at the top right, gray area towards the top, a blue vertical line, small area of bare canvas in the lower right corner, and hints of yellow

Clyfford Still, PH-312, 1953.
Oil on canvas, 69 5/8 x 55 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)