Abstraction is a genre of art that represents reality in a generalized or simplified manner without reference to concrete objects or examples. It uses visual elements like form, color, and line to create compositions that may exist independently from visual references in the real world. Some key influences on abstract art included Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, as well as sciences, philosophy, psychology, politics, and music. Pioneering abstract artists mentioned include Kandinsky, Malevich, Mondrian, and O'Keeffe.
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Understanding Abstraction Through Its Origins and Influential Artists
1. “Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever
invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and
depict the world.”- Jerry Saltz
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A genre of art
Representation that has no reference
to concrete objects or specific
examples
Everyone looks at it differently
Interpreted by the viewer’s past
experiences
“beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
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It can slightly, partially, or fully deviate
from reality
Abstract Art uses a visual language of
form, color, and line to create a
composition which may exist with a
degree of independence from visual
reference in the world
5. Origins and influences
Impressionism - central object made
important.
Post-impressionism - overlapping planes
to form shape.
Fauvism - use of color and abstract
shapes and forms.
Cubism - simplification in geometric
shapes or forms.
13. Wassily Kandinsky
Russian painter and art theorist
Studied at the Academy of Fine
Arts
Taught at the Bauhaus School
of Art and Architecture
His art was inspired by music
Each note was assigned a color
Created rich paintings with much color
and form
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15. Kazimir Malevich
Malevich was a Russian painter
and art theoretician
He did geometric abstract art
He was the originator of the
Avant-Garde
He was a Suprematist (focused
on basic geometric forms)
Studied at the Moscow School of
Painting, Sculpture, and
Architecture
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17. Piet Mondrian
important contributor to the De Stijl
art movement and group
Neo-Plasticism
Geometric artist
Painted many simple lines and
squares with different color effects
After his death, many fashion
statements were influenced by his
art
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19. Georgia O’Keeffe
O’Keeffe went to Chatham Protestant
Episcopal Institute
She studied art at the Art Institute of
Chicago and the Art Students League in
New York
Revolutionized modern art
Painted art/nature
Most of her paintings are close-ups
of flowers