Josef Albers

artistic future. Before, In 1957, Richard Serra, studied at University of California. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English Literature, in 1961. He went back to college, to study painting at Yale University. In 1663, he began working with Josef Albers on his book The Interaction of…

Piet Mondrian was one of the founders of the Dutch modern movement De Stijl. This movement is recognized for the purity of his abstractions and methodical practice. Beginning in 1904 he had become a landscape painter. He was influence by Jan Toorop and caused him to paint in a Symbolist manner. Mondrian worked in series, which allowed him to focus on one object at a time. “Mondrian was drawn toward the syncretic and universalizing ideas of Theosophy. Theosophy combined aspects of Christian and…

Jacob Lawrence When the subject is strong simplicity is the only way to treat it. – Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence was known best for his Migration Series. Lawrence was the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. Lawrence brought the African Americans to life through his painting by using blacks and brown juxtaposed with vivid colors. Lawrence was also known for producing narrative collection such as War series. He was a professor at the University of…

Post modern society has long been asking what makes an influential artist. And who is the most influential artist of the 20th century. The following is a case for Marcel Duchamp. The Duchampian ideals laid out in the beginning of the 20th century changed what it meant to be an artist for the rest of time, influencing artists of different styles and movements. In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a porcelain urinal turned 90 degrees with the name “R. Mutt” signed on it to the exhibition of the New…

Action Painting vs Performance Art Introduction – 250 words In my dissertation I want to explore the differences and similarities between action painting and performance art. I will explore the technical processes and conceptual ideas in abstract expressionism, how abstract expressionism started, and what key events took place to influence the start of abstract expressionism and its impact on postmodernism and contemporary art practices and how it developed over the years. I will explore artists…