1. March 20Abstraction & Realism I
March 27Abstraction & Realism II
April 3 Mixed Media Collage I
April 10 Mixed Media Collage II
April 17 Assemblage & Found Objects
April 24 Crit
Abstract and
Real
DAY TWO
Glenn Hirsch, Instructor
Caroline Burton
Michahelles ·
Asheville Art
Museum collection
2. “Abstract Expressionism”
An art movement that originated in New York in
the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective
emotional expression with particular emphasis
on the creative spontaneous act (e.g., action
painting).
3. A key element to abstract
expressionism is the alternation
of “positive’ and ‘negative’
shape.
Black against white?
White against black?
Seeing both at the same time is
another way to create ‘rhythm’
and ‘energy’ in a painting.
4. Do you see bats
or angels?
(M.C. Escher engraving, 1930)
5. Franz Kline (1910-1962) was an American painter associated with the
Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
12. Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an American
abstract expressionist painter. She was a major
contributor to the history of postwar American
painting.
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15. Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) was an English artist who is notable for his
work in glass, fabrics, prints and portraits. His work was much inspired by
landscape and religion, and he designed the tapestry for the re-built
Coventry Cathedral.