By the late 19th century, European artists felt the need for a new form of art that reflected the fundamental changes in technology, science, and philosophy. Total abstraction bears no trace of anything recognizable and is considered non-representational by the artist, who views the work as merely design and composition without meaning. The document then provides examples of artists from Van Gogh to local contemporary artists who have contributed to the development of abstract art in various movements from Post-Impressionism to Color Field art.

1. Abstract Art

2. • By the 19th Century arts of other cultures had
become accessible to Europeans showing
alternative ways of describing visual
experience to the artist. By the end of the
19th century many European artists felt a
need to create a new kind of art which would
encompass the fundamental changes taking
place in technology, science and philosophy.

3. • Artwork which alters color and form in ways
that are obvious, can be said to be partially
abstract. Total abstraction bears no trace of
any reference to anything recognizable.
• Non-Representational is claimed by the artist
only, who views his art as merely design and
composition, void of any meaning.

4. Realm to Impressionism

5. Vincent Van Gogh –Post Impressionist

7. Pablo Picasso
cubism

11. Henri Matisse fauvism

14. Salvador Dali surrealism

15. Georgia O’Keeffe
early modern
abstraction

18. Edvard Munch
The Scream
Expressionist Art

19. Egon Schiele

20. Franz Marc

21. Wassily Kandinsky

22. Piet Mondrian
modernism
Modernist

23. Alexander Calder

25. Joan Miro

27. Mark Rothko
color field art

28. Victor Vasarely op art

29. Richard
Diebenkorn
abstract
landscape

32. Jeff Condon local artist

33. Stephen Duren
local artist