«In freeing ourselves from certain previous restraints and stepping boldly into the unknown, we have been able to wrest from nature its secret in order to bring painting to its highest point of intensity.»In 1913, Stanton and Russel held two two-man expositions, one in Munich, the other in Paris. The pair then moved to New York, and Stanton seperated from his wife. The next year, 1914, they shared another exposition in New York. In their introduction in the exhibition catalogue, they wrote:— Stanton Macdonald-Wright & Morgan Russel
«Besides solving the problem of the inherent nature of colors in their relation to form, we have applied ourselves to a close study of the harmonious relation of these colors to one another. And, as a result of the incorporation of these colors into gamut-form, they convey the notion of time in painting. They give the illusion that the canvas develops like music, in time, while both the old and modern paintings exist strictly in space. With one glance they can be felt in their entirety.»They then moved back to Paris, and on to London due to the war. They stay with Stanton’s older brother, Willard Huntington-Wright. In 1915 Stanton and Willard co-author and publish a book, ‘Modern Art: Its Tendancy and Meaning’. They then move to New York, USA, and the brothers both help to organise an ambitious but disappointing group exposition: ‘The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters’. Stanton did some teaching work, and had a solo exhibition in 1917, although little sold.
In 1918, he left New York, and moved back home to Los Angeles, California.
