HISTORY
• Produced inNewyork , by European artists who moved there
during world war two
• 1940-1960
• Arshiley Gorkey put this movement into motion
• Made Newyork the center of the art world
• The first art movement to influence artists overseas
3.
What is it...
•Abstract Expressionism is an art movement in which artists
basically applied paint rapidly and with force to their canvases in
an effort to show feelings and emotions
• Inspired by the Surrealist idea; art should come from unconscious
mind
• It’s purpose is to create new forms of expression that were more
personal
4.
It’s characteristics...
• Nonrepresentational nature
• Rely on gestural brush works
• Emphasis the depiction of emotion rather than objects
• Large scale drawing
• Absence of recognizable objects
5.
Abstract Expressionism havetwo
techniques
1. Action painting
paint is spontaneously
dripped, splashed or
smeared onto the canvas
Willem De konning
Paris review
1979
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Cont...
Mark Rothko
Orange andred on red
1957
2. Color field painting
painting with solid area
of color covering the
whole canvas. Meant to
see up close, so the
viewer is immersed in
color.
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FAMOUS ARTISTS
MARK ROTHKO(1903-1970)
• Best known for his color field painting
• Irregular and paintery rectangular regions of
color
• He worked from 1949 to 1970
• He did not attend art school but was involved
in abstract expressionism movement
LEE KRANSER(1908-1984)
• Knownfor her abstract, gestural, and
expressive works in painting, collage
painting, charcoal drawing, and
occasionally mosaics.
• She differed from other abstract
expressionists by changing her work style
often
DAVID SMITH (1906-1965)
•One of the most famous abstract
expressionism sculptors
• Created large, steel geometric
sculptures
• He was the first American artist to
make welded metal sculpture
Cubi XIX
1964
12.
LEGACIES...
• Created anew way to look at art
• Influenced later art movements
like pop art and minimalism
Franz Kline
Figure eight 1952
