Abstract Art Posters
Abstract art is an art form that does not depict objects in the natural world. Instead, it uses color and form in a non-representational way. In the beginning of the 20th century, abstract art was often referred to as Cubist and Futurist art, depicting real forms in a simplified, reduced way - keeping
only an allusion to the original natural subject. What began as a group of few artists sharing the same style eventually turned into a movement of countless artists attempting to capture on canvas an object's fundamental qualities rather than its external appearance. Below are a few of the famous artists associated with abstract art.
Umberto Boccioni (1882 - 1916)
The Italian painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni was a member and the main theorist of the Futurist artistic movement. Like the work of many other Futurists, his centered on portraying movement, speed, and technology. One of Umberto Boccioni's best-known paintings is The Street Enters the House (La strada entra nella casa). Another important work is The City Rises.
Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)
A Russian painter and art theorist, Wassily Kandinsky is credited with painting the first modern abstract works. His fascination with color is obvious throughout much of his work. One of his most important paintings was The Blue Rider, which shows
a small figure on a speeding horse rushing through a rocky meadow. Another was The Blue Mountain which depicts a mountain of blue, flanked by yellow and red trees. The broad use of color in both paintings illustrates Kandinsky's move towards art wherein the color itself is presented independent of form.
Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
A Swiss painter of German nationality, Klee worked with many different types of media (oil paint, watercolor, ink, etc.), often combining them into one work. He has been associated with expressionism, cubism and surrealism, but his pictures are difficult to classify. They often have a fragile child-like quality to them, and are usually on a small scale. His better known works include Southern Gardens, Ad Parnassum, and Embrace. Throughout his career, Klee learned to manipulate color with great skill. When Paul Klee died, he left at least 8,926 works of art.
Joan Miró (1893 - 1983)
Miró was a Catalan-Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist. Miró's style was influenced in varying degrees by Surrealism and Dada, even though he rejected the idea of belonging to any artistic movement. By not becoming an official member of the Surrealists, Miró was free to experiment with
any artistic style he fancied, and pursued his personal interests in the art world. Miró's artistic autonomy is reflected in his work and his willingness to create using several media.
Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970)
Rothko, a Latvian-born American painter, was classified as an abstract expressionist, although he rejected being judged as an abstract painter. Unlike many Abstract Expressionists, Rothko never relied on such dramatic techniques as violent brushstrokes or the dripping and splattering of paint. Rothko refined this basic style through continuous simplification. Despite their large size, his paintings derived a remarkable sense of intimacy from the play of nuances within local color.
Abstract art revolutionized what was traditionally known as art. Countless painters are associated with the style, each more distinctive than the other. Abstract artists paved the way for modernity not only in paintings, but also in sculptures and other various forms of art.
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