Abstract Expressionism
Summary
Abstract Expressionism used brushstrokes and textures, on a large canvas. Abstract Expressionist Painters didn’t just focus their painting on the centre point of the canvas, but used the whole of the canvas.Although this style of art was made by spontaneous actions of the artists, careful thought was put into the works because of the vast size of the canvas.
The movement became hugely popular, and Paris was replaced as the centre for contemporary art by New York but ended around the 1960’s.
History
Abstract Expressionism was an art movement that began in the 1940’s.Artists
Abstract Impressionism was initially used to illustrate the work of Kandinsky, artists in the 1950’s including Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline. Their work was very different to one another’s. However, their aims were similar, to show the freedom of individual expression.
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Artist: Robert Motherwell Painting: Elegy to the Spanish Republic |
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Artist: William de Kooning Painting:Woman V |
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Artist: Franz Kline Painting: Painting Number 2 |