How did techniques within abstract expressionism emerge as a result of the social influences of World War II? As the arts express the feeling of the time, abstract expressionism emerged in the mid 1940s to the 1950s to express the personal feelings, and larger spiritual feelings of the artists. This style of painting cannot be described with a specific style, but rather against realist and traditional styles. The common element in their artwork was the emotional component that drove their composition. The two methods to be explored within abstract expressionism is action painting and color field painting. Both methods were a means of expressing emotions but represented different things. Action Paintings lent themselves to a more violent appearance
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Notable artists categorized into Abstract Expressionism include: Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still. These artists claim to be influenced by leftist policies which allowed personal experience to be a great influence on their work (Wolfee).
There were multiple philosophical movements at the time that are said to have inspired the Abstract Expressionist movement. These include surrealism and existentialism because of the psychological implications that were prevalent in American society. Namely, with existentialism, the idea of isolation and anxiety at the time was also common among the American peoples including these artists …show more content…
Action Paintings generally have a more “violent, frenzied appearance,” while Color Field Paintings have a “calmer, almost spiritual quality” (Hudelson). With the Action Painters, the physical act of painting becomes, to a certain extent, the subject matter. Not really a coherent style so much as an attitude against traditional realist styles, techniques, and finished works. The painters do share in common their reliance on psychic self-expression. (Hudelson) Generally, Action Painters employed dripping, splatter, pouring, or other aggressive techniques in an effort to be spontaneous and instinctive (Hudelson). In 1947 Jackson Pollock found his way to the drip technique (Wolfee). The following year, de Kooning had an influential show at the Charles Egan Gallery; Barnett Newman arrived at his breakthrough picture Onement I; and Mark Rothkobegan painting the multi-form paintings that would soon lead to the signature works of his mature period. (Wolfee). Color Field Painters on the other hand preferred a saturated approach to paint application. Large canvases were normally used to hold the amount of paint and allow for expression. (Hudelson).
After 18 like-minded artists mounted a boycott of an exhibition of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum, and in January 1951 were cajoled into posing for a photo for Life magazine, they were baptized as "The Irascibles". Finally, the movement had a sense
Notable artists categorized into Abstract Expressionism include: Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Adolph Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still. These artists claim to be influenced by leftist policies which allowed personal experience to be a great influence on their work (Wolfee).
There were multiple philosophical movements at the time that are said to have inspired the Abstract Expressionist movement. These include surrealism and existentialism because of the psychological implications that were prevalent in American society. Namely, with existentialism, the idea of isolation and anxiety at the time was also common among the American peoples including these artists …show more content…
Action Paintings generally have a more “violent, frenzied appearance,” while Color Field Paintings have a “calmer, almost spiritual quality” (Hudelson). With the Action Painters, the physical act of painting becomes, to a certain extent, the subject matter. Not really a coherent style so much as an attitude against traditional realist styles, techniques, and finished works. The painters do share in common their reliance on psychic self-expression. (Hudelson) Generally, Action Painters employed dripping, splatter, pouring, or other aggressive techniques in an effort to be spontaneous and instinctive (Hudelson). In 1947 Jackson Pollock found his way to the drip technique (Wolfee). The following year, de Kooning had an influential show at the Charles Egan Gallery; Barnett Newman arrived at his breakthrough picture Onement I; and Mark Rothkobegan painting the multi-form paintings that would soon lead to the signature works of his mature period. (Wolfee). Color Field Painters on the other hand preferred a saturated approach to paint application. Large canvases were normally used to hold the amount of paint and allow for expression. (Hudelson).
After 18 like-minded artists mounted a boycott of an exhibition of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum, and in January 1951 were cajoled into posing for a photo for Life magazine, they were baptized as "The Irascibles". Finally, the movement had a sense