1. EVEN THE SKY AIN’T THE
LIMIT
GESTURAL PAINTING WITH MUSIC
WILLEM DE
KOONING
UNTITLED II
1981

2. ABSTRACT ARTISTS IN THE LATE 1940’S AND 1950’S
JEAN DUBUFFET
LEE KRASNER Artists were inspired by THE BUSY LIFE
SHATTERED the jazz musicians and 1953
1947 beat poets who focused
on improvisation and
spontaneity.

3. Artists used broad
strokes and mark making
JACKSON POLLOCK techniques such as drips WILLEM DE KOONING
IMAGE NUMBER 8 and splatters. ASHERVILLE
1949 1949
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS

4. A LOVE SUPREME
ALLEN GINSBERG
1950’s
JOHN COLTRANE
PERFORMING IN THE
1950’S
“Angelheaded hipsters burning for the
ancient heavenly connection to the starry
dynamo in the machinery of night” - Allen
Ginsberg
“Howl”
1956

5. ABSTRACT PAINTING TODAY
GERHARD RICHTER Abstract painting continues today with
ABSTRAKTES BID artists like Gerhard Richter who use
1994 tools like squeegees to wipe and
scrape paint across the canvas.