Art - Ms. Crump

What is Non-objective Art? Does not contain a recognizable

subject. Focus on elements of art (color,

shape, line, form, space, value, texture).

Utilization of principles of design (balance, repetition, unity, rhythm, proportion, harmony, variety, emphasis, movement).

Jackson Pollock

Born January 28 1912 in Cody, Wyoming

Died August 11 1956 in Springs, New York

Famous American abstract expressionist painter

No. 5 (1948)

No. 1 Lavender Mist (1950)

Franz Kline

Born May 23 1910 in Pennsylvania

Died May 13 1962 in New York City

American abstract expressionist painter

Painting Number Two (1954)

Untitled (1958)

Piet Mondrian

Born March 7 1872 in the Netherlands

Died February 1 1944 in New York City

Founded the Neoplasticim art movement

Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930)

Compostion with Yellow, Blue, and Red (1937-42)

Mark Rothko

Born September 25 1903 in Russia/Latvia

Died February 25 1970 in New York City

Famous for his “multiform” paintings

Untitled (1947)

Untitled (1949)

No. 3/No. 13 (1949)

Wassily Kandinsky

Born in Moscow, Russia December 16 1866

Died in France December 13 1944

Taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture

Composition VI (1913)

Composition VII (1913)