Abstract expressionism

Paul Jackson Pollock: Abstract Expressionist Per the art story foundation, Jackson Pollock was born Paul Jackson Pollock, and he was born in 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He was the youngest of five children, the son of a surveyor constantly moving from place to place all over California, he went to high school at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, CA. There is where he met Philip Guston who introduced Pollock to Theosophical ideas (Freedgood 111). Which prepare Pollock for his future dealing in Surrealism and psychoanalysis, Pollock had a rough child hood but he developed a love for nature, animals, and the expanse of the land when he was a child, Jackson Pollock was only 11 years old when he discovered Native American Art (Freedgood 113). Pollock was an abstract expressionist American painter in the 1930’s he studied with Thomas Benton in New York at the Art students league (Artstory.org). Abstract expressionism was a post WWII art movement in America that developed in New York in the 1940’s (Wilkes 200). He lived with his older brothers in Greenwich Village where they were so poor that they barely had food to eat, and he worked as a custodian and he would steal to maintain per the art foundation. Throughout most of his adult life Pollock was an alcoholic and he would go in and out of sobriety his psychotherapist encouraged him to…

Mark Tobey, a man greatly associated with abstract expressionism and self identity within abstract expressionism, we look into arguably the piece of work that cemented his name within the American art world, Electric Night. Breaking this work down aspect by aspect, visually and conceptually. Exploring his style known as white writing, and influences from the Japanese culture, the Northwest school, and other artist including Jackson Pollock. Finally, looking at what Mark Tobey meant the abstract…

the major movements of this decade was known as Abstract Expressionism. This art style was non-objective and represented no actual objects, rather the artist represents there thoughts through color and form. Abstract Expressionism was also known as Action Painting; the blobs, drips, and whorls that expressed their process of painting was what they saw as the essence of art. These young American artists were redefining art and revolutionizing the aesthetic…

Jackson Pollock was born in Wyoming, passed and most of his childhood in Arizona and his nomadic youth in California. The work of Pollock is very different from the improvisation and spontaneity of Abstract Expressionism was painting in which evocative fields of color hinted instead he made the physical act of painting and pour technique. Pollock transformed his interest in dynamic rhythms into a free, abstract style that had him working with his whole body in swirling gesture as he poured or…

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…

Abstract Expressionism is a term pertaining to a movement in American painting that thrived in New York City after World War II (late 1940’s). In abstract expressionism, the painter expresses their personality by the use of color and shapes. Abstract expressionist art does not necessarily consist of painting an object or image, but instead focuses more on the interaction of color, paint, and canvas. The varied works share the theme of using abstraction to convey strongly passionate and…

Pop Art versus Abtract Expressionism The Pop Art movement can be considered as a rejection or critique on it’s predecessor Abstract Expressionism. It differs both conceptually, and in its subject matter; and just like most art movements, it borrows and expands on all previous movements, creating its own path and style. While the the one evoked emotion simply with color and very little subject matter, the other veered away from the personal feeling but rather commented on the societal…

During the mid-1950s, in America, several artists were attached to small movements such as, Neo-Dada and Funk Art in which they were including articles of mass culture. They wanted art to be more broad than traditional styles like Abstract Expressionism, so the use of non-art materials were incorporated. This focused on ordinary and easily identifiable subjects that expressed the popular culture of the day. By the 1960s the movement's initial affect had been adjusted, yet its methods and…

For my painting series I wanted to explore the Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist mindset of creation in conjunction with my current body of cosmic work. As these two movements are based primarily in the individual experience, I chose to create this series based upon how I experience and process the world as a mentally ill, LGBTQ+ individual. Creating eight acrylic-on-canvas paintings, four resembling Surrealist art and four Abstract Expressionist, I focused on emotions and experiences that…

In the beginning of Norman Lewis’ career he was very interested in African Art, aligning himself with the views of Alain Locke. Lewis was an active member of organizations, such as the Harlem Artists Guild and the Harlem Community Arts Center which provided opportunities to African American artists shortly before the Abstract Expressionist movement matured. However, Lewis’ ideas began to be more closely associate with that of Bearden. In Abstract Expressionism and Other Politics by Art History…