ABSTRACT+PAINTING

In this unit you will learn about various forms of abstract painting and the artists who worked in these styles. You will explore the concept of the artist's intent and concept in creating abstract work. You will be responsible for learning the terms, the names of the artists and the art movements included in this section. There will be questions on this content on the Final Exam.

EUROPEAN PRECURSORS experimenting with abstraction in painting

Picasso's "CUBISM". This painting is considered to be the first Cubist picture.





THREE ABSTRACT PAINTING ASSIGNMENTS:
Color: Limited to a pair of complementary colors plus the use of white. Use a range of values. Look at Sean Scully, Paul Klee, Mondrian, West African Kente Cloth.
 * 1) The Mark Repetition, Unity with Variation. Create a non objective painting by repeating a brushstroke (mark) all over. Create an area of interest by adjusting color and or value in an area of the painting. Artists: Alma Thomas, Joan Mitchell, Brice Marden, Jack Tworkov - see below
 * 2) The Grid: PATTERN, VARIETY, EMPHASIS. CREATE AN A-SYMMETRICAL COMPOSTION based on an irregular grid.

[|SEAN SCULLY]







[|KENTE CLOTH]







==3.Abstract Landscape:. Bring in several photos of landscape or interior, or use a photo from the news paper (choose a color photo). The photo should have many elements in it, i.e. not just land and sky with a single tree. See examples below in the work of Richard Diebenkorn. Translate the photo into its most significant components, shapes, values, colors, lines, textures. The result should be abstract, preferably "non-objective". However when viewed next to the original picture, the reference and the reasons governing your choices should be clear. Produce a pencil sketch in value first. Submit the sketch and painting accompanied by the original photo. Please remember to put your name on each piece.== Size: 9"x 12" - 12" x 16".



[|Richard Diebenkorn]

[|DIEBENKORN INFO]









ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, an important mid-20th century American Modern Art movement that included many expatriot European artists who emigrated here during World War II. [|ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM]

SOME PROMINENT AMERICAN ABSTRACT PAINTERS:

ALMA THOMAS [|ALMA THOMAS] [|ALMA THOMAS 2] [|RED ROSE CANTATA]







==== JOAN MITCHELL [|JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION] ====

BRICE MARDEN JACK TWORKOV