Nature of Abstract Art Meyer Schapiro (1937) Before there was an art of abstract painting‚ it was already widely believed that the value of a picture was a matter of colors and shapes alone. Music and architecture were constantly held up to painters as examples of a pure art which did not have to imitate objects but derived its effects from elements peculiar to itself. But such ideas could not be readily accepted‚ since no one had yet seen a painting made up of colors and shapes‚ representing
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Art Report – Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism was first used in the Germany magazine Der Sturm in 1919‚ regarding as “German expressionism”. The term “abstract expressionism” was first applied to American art in 1946 and gained acceptance in the 1950s. It was mostly used in New York and San Francisco Bay area of California. Abstract Expressionism mainly comes from “Surrealism”‚ which represents spontaneous artwork. In combination‚ abstract expressionism has an image of being
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When you look at Richter’s Abstract Painting‚ you see the resemblance of a landscape that is portrayed within Altdorfer’s painting as well. I believe that Richter mimics the type of painting that Altdorfer created because not only are the same colors used‚ but the idea of the specific landscapes had to have been similar to create these paintings. I like to think that just because Richter’s painting does not seem realistic and natural; his painting is still the idea of a landscape
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my friends that method can be also known as Abstract Expressionism and in the 1940’s and 50’s it took off like wild fire. Although many proved to be Abstract Expressionists one triumphed them all‚ that one being‚ Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock is an important figure in the art world. He is known for starting a movement of abstract expressionism by using his body and motion to create huge pieces of art on large canvases. However‚ his leap from abstract art to figurative took us all by the reins into
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Aesthetics of Abstract Expressionism Project Prepared for Donald McIntyre Professor‚ DeVry University Project Prepared by Colleen Mitchell Student‚ DeVry University June 7‚ 2009 Modernism is one of the cultural movements which took place in the nineteenth to the twentieth century. This movement was sure to draw attention to the artists’ work of art mainly because of the complexity of the artist’s creativity and breaking away from the more traditional works. Abstract Expressionism
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Norman Lewis “… One of the discouraging things in my own self-education‚ was the fact that painting pictures didn’t bring about any social change.” – Norman Lewis Norman Lewis‚ leading African American artist and prominent member of the Abstract Expressionism movement‚ was born on July 23‚ 1909‚ in Harlem‚ New York. At an early age‚ Mr. Lewis became keenly aware of racial tension as he and his parents resided in a mostly Italian and Jewish neighborhood. At the age of nine‚ Norman Lewis discovered
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Abstract Expressionism Art Movement History By: Sharmé Jackson Abstract Expressionism started in America as a post-World War II art movement. It was the first avant-garde art movement that arose from America. Never before in the history of art‚ the personality of an artist took such central stage and became both an inspiration and the subject of his/her own art. It is challenging to narrow down such multifaceted phenomenon as Abstract Expressionism‚ to distil the core of this intricate style
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Abstract Expressionism began in the periods of the 1940s and 1950s in New York. "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academic painting. However‚ there is no such thing as good painting about nothing." which is described by Mark Rothko‚ who was an early abstract expressionist. Its development started back to the 1930s which were being shaped by social‚ political and geographical calamities: internally
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Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world
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Paul Jackson Pollock‚ known professionally as Jackson Pollock‚ was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. He was born on January 28‚ 1912 in Cody‚ WY. He had a nac Modern and Abstract art. In 1942 Pollock met Lee Krasner while they were both exhibiting in the show at Mcmillen Gallery. Three years later‚ in 1945‚ they were married. Pollock observed American Indian sand painting demonstrations in the 1940’s
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