Ogden Rood Quotes

1831–1902 United States

Ogden Nicholas Rood (3 February 1831 Danbury, Connecticut – 12 November 1902 Manhattan) was an American physicist best known for his research in color theory and his 1879 book Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry (German translation in 1880; French translation in 1881). Rood, a professor of physics at Columbia University from 1863 to 1902, was elected in 1865 a Member of the U.S.

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The advance from drawing to painting should be gradual, and no serious attempts in colour should be made until the student has obtained proficiency in outline and in light and shade. If the artist cannot draws objects in a rather masterly way there is no point in his attempting colour.

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