American Abstract Artists

modern art. His essays, which focused on Modern Abstract expressionist artwork, helped to bring a lot of international attention the US artists. He was very passionate about abstract art, believing it was important to help people view art and ‘think outside the box.’ (Rene Bouche, Portrait of Clement Greenberg. 1955, Oil on canvas, 50 x 35 inches) 2. Abstract expressionism is post-World War Two art movement that began in New York. It began when artists left Europe because of the Nazi Regime,…

colors with squirrels. Pollock painting could be identified by the type of canvas. Over the last five weeks, I learned about many different artists and saw beautiful pictures of art. Pollock stood out the most for his painting because it was so different. The other artist work told stories and gave moral. Pollock was an American painter who painted abstract. He also was involved in the expressionist movement and was well known for his drip painting. The time magazine named Pollock as “Jack the…

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…

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 expressionism…

Painted in 1952, Pollock uses colors, lines, textures, shades, and shapes to successfully create an ideal face for the Abstract Art movement. Jackson Pollock’s painting style, demonstrated in Convergence, played an influential role in the development of the art world. With the United States in fear of the rapid spread of Communism during the Cold War, Convergence and other abstract works of art “embodied freedom of speech and expression.” Pollock’s artwork rebelled against the constraints of…

Admits the violent horrors of WWII many, European artists escaped to the states, where they continued to work. This included, Anni and Joseph Albers, Mondrian, Andre Masson, and Max Ernst, while bringing their innovative methods of abstraction. The intrusion of Avant-Garde ideology is believed to be the stepping stone that led to the success of the Abstract Expressionist in New York in the 1940’s-50’s. Artists of the AB-EX movement looked at works by archaic civilizations in search for eternal…

Pollock Jackson Pollock, or “Jack the Dripper”, born on January 28, 1912, would become one of the world’s most influential American painters. He started his art career when he was only eighteen years old. He studied with countless numbers of well-known artists in his lifetime. From the Public Works Project in which he developed his most famous paintings, to being a part of the abstract expressionism art movement, Jackson Pollock was truly a talented and smart young man who got mixed up in…

various quotes and examples of what it means and feels to be an artist. Jackman states that if you truly want to be an artist that you will do anything to try and create something. For example, Jackman uses a quote from Mary Frank, she sates “for me, the reason to do art is that it is compelling. Art is a drive, a very complex desire and need, urgency and pleasure” (196). He provides many quotes such as Mary Franks to show that “being an artist” is having the passion to create the art work. The…

Vassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter, writer, teacher, art theorist and the father of abstract art. Being a trained musician, he used music in his approach to color which he made sing from the canvas. A major turning point in his style of art came after he viewed Claude Monet’s “Haystack at Giverny” at a Moscow exhibition. Over the years he perfected his style of abstract art. He inspired other artists, wrote books on his theories, worked with museums, and ballet’s, experienced his work…

mediums; Belerique and Huston-Herterich in instillation, Kang in sculpture, and repurposed the pavilion concept to reflect their own values related to form. While van Eyck’s pavilion was originally designed to host the sculpture work some thirty artists it was meant…