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Abstract Expressionis
mBy Samantha Jameel
Abdullah AyadAlex Theo
What is Abstract Expressionism?
• movement of the mid-20th century , post WWII
• comprising of diverse styles and techniques• emphasizing especially the artist's liberty to
convey attitudes and emotions through nontraditional and usually nonrepresentational means.
• Artist wants you to “feel” their art.
Two Types of Abstract Expressionist Art
Color Field Painting Action Painting
Color Field Painting
• Color Field painting is characterized mostly by large fields of flat, solid color spread across or stained into the canvas; creating areas of unbroken surface and a flat picture plane. The movement pays less attention to gesture, brushstrokes and action in favor of an overall consistency of form and process.
Kenneth Noland, Beginning (1958)
Color Field Artists
• Helen Frankenthaler
• Kenneth Noland
Helen Frankenthaler
• Major pioneer in color field painting. • Used “soak and stain” technique• Had worked as a cubist previously• Changed after seeing drip paintings by Jackson
Pollock
Mountains and Sea (1952)-Helen Frankenthaler
Kenneth Noland
• Pioneered the concept of hard edge art.• Consisted of relating sharply defined shapes
to spaces on the canvas.• Severe bars in color divides space in a
completely different way than action painting.• Position of object in painting is crucial to the
visual reaction the viewer receives.
Bend Sinister (1964)-Kenneth Noland
Action Painting
• Style where paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas
• The resulting work often shows the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist.
The Action Painters!
•Willem de Kooning
•Jason Pollock
De Kooning
•Did action paintings as well as sculptures.•One of the first abstract expressionists.•Less renown for his works than Pollock
Seated Woman on a Bench-1972De Kooning
Jackson Pollock
• Nicknamed “Jack the Dripper”• Pioneered the Abstract Expressionism
movement.• The most famous of all the Abstract
expressionists.• Specialized in drip paintings, is the face of
Abstract Expressionism• Influenced by cubism, surrealism, and
Kandinsky’s abstractions.
Nov. 5, 1948- JacksonPollock
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