Abstract art

drawing assignments. She was a student at the Museum of Modern Art and learned to draw from the nude model at age 14, when she attended Federal Art Project classes. She received both her undergraduate (1945) and graduate (1946, 1949) degrees in art from the University of Iowa, where she studied printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky. While at the university, Schapiro met and married the artist Paul Brach. They moved to New York in 1951, when Abstract Expressionism was bringing about a powerful…

In the Philadelphia Museum of Art there is a masterpiece titled No. 22 by Jackson Pollock, who is known for his unique style of drip painting. He was a pioneering, influential painter in the abstract expressionist movement (Seed). Art critics usually regard Pollock’s works as images of chaos, lacking a rigid structure and harmony (Chave 100). In No. 22, Pollock employed his usual manner of pouring and dripping paints on canvas. As Chave pointed out in her essay, “there is no center in his…

Have you ever looked at a piece of art and thought to yourself, How do they paint a picture to look so real? That is the goal of photorealistic artist. Photorealism is when an artist paints a picture to look as realistic as possible, using different types of media. One of the original photorealist artist in the United States is Audrey Flack. Audrey does not only work on photorealism, she also has strong pieces in Abstract expressionism and sculptures. Flack is also a strong leader in the…

Cities worldwide containing enormous skyscrapers, bustling streets, and breathtaking views has captured artists attention and been the focal point of thousands of art pieces. However, the way an artist portrays their interpretation of the city often varies. At first glance, Fernand Léger’s 1919 The City and Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1925 New York Street With Moon appear to be extremely different photos— the color schemes, spacing, and amount of detail to objects and movement for each photo are distinct…

In Moscow and died July 31 1957. Pavel created an oil painting during the period of surrealism. Surrealism is the movement when artist made art to represent their unconscious thoughts and dreams. Hide and seek was created by Tchelitchew sometime between June 1940-1942 in Vermont during world war 2, again during the period of surrealism. Pavel believed his art to be “a kind of metamorphism as a magic which can transform any visible object into a whole series of objects.” The painting is displayed…

you define 'art? ' Use specific examples to support your definition. Answer 1: Mark Getlein explains, “Many answers have been proposed, but the fact that philosophers still debate them should tell us that the questions are not easy” (Getlein, 2008, p. 21). To my perception, art is an expression exploring the senses of our environment. It is a transformation of an object into something to inspire or have thoughtful value. We see art expressed in a realism style in Michelangelo’s art in the…

For my public art paper I chose a massive temporary sculpture, Big Bling, made by Martin Puryear located in the heart of Madison Square Park on 23 Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue. The American sculptor, Martin Puryear, has created a marvelous sculpture that with the help of the Madison Square Park Conservancy have placed it in the park with a fence around it for everyone to observe. The sculpture is made out of wood pieces that form a ladder on the inside. It even contains a big…

Qing Dynasty and a devoted Daoist disciple. Since Zao was still a child, the Daoist thoughts, a theme that would permeate throughout his oeuvre, had been rooted in his mind when he just started exploring the world of art. Enthralled by both Chinese literati paintings and European modern art that he saw on the postcards his uncle brought back from Paris, Zao showed great talents for painting at a very young age. In 1935, he started his study in National School of Fine…

Elizabeth Murray is a pop art genre artist who used bright colors and shapes with dark outlines to make incredible works of art. The strenuous process of creating pop art displays the effort put forth by pop art artists. Elizbeth Murray’s Painter’s Progress was a result of her being very comfortable with her style of art. Murray observed many different artists including Picasso, Cézanne, and de Kooning. She studied the formal technique of other artists’ works and created her own ‘twist’ on pop…

The two art works being discussed are similar in many aspects. The first painting The Kiss was created by a man named Gustav Klimt in 1907. This painting is oil and gold leaf on canvas and is about 5’ 10”- 5’ 10”. The Kiss was created in Vienna, Austria and was a reflection of his own personal life and that of his lover (Janson 921). The painting is now currently located at the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. The second painting being compared to Klimt’s The Kiss is Edvand…