Articles related to "Abstract Expressionism"



Abstract-Expressionism
In the mid 20th century during and after WWII, America and other nations explored a new art freedom that gave rise to a new technique called "Abstract-Expressionism".
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Backtrack: Abstract Expressionism
It's not just a movement...
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Robert Rauschenberg: Abstract Expressionism
“I don’t want my personality to come out through the piece,” Rauschenberg explained, “ . . . I want my paintings to e reflections of life . . . your self-visualization is a reflection of your surroundings.”
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Willem de Kooning
Article on Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning
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Percy Wyndham Lewis
This abstract artist is today best-known for his dramatic Vorticist design that shows his commentary on industrialism and modern life.
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Two Documentary Films About Art
A review of two documentary films that ask What Is Art?, Who Gets To Call It Art?, and Can Children Be Great Artists?
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New Interest in Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock was not always "Jack the Dripper." And it was not just the dripping and flinging of paint that it appeared to be. The new movie 'Pollock', with Ed Harris as Pollock, and as director, and as producer, puts a new spotlight on a true original - but, the book won a Pulitzer Prize some years ago. Will this movie go up for an Academy Award or two?
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Printmaking from Hopper to Pollock
Prints by Jackson Pollock, Edward Hopper, Louis Lozowick, John Sloan, Louise Bourgeois and others show American society from the late nineteenth century to 1960.
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Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?
When truck driver Teri Horton found a painting that may have been painted by Jackson Pollock, the art world didn't want to acknowledge the paintings possible origins.
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Who Were the Indian Space Painters?
Akin to the Abstract Expressionists, the Indian Space painters were an informal group of New York artists sharing a common attraction to Native American form invention.
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Alf Crossley in the Vanishing Landscapes of BC
Will global warming, rampant development, and decades of resource extraction and exploitation make a tabla rasa of the landscapes BC artists paint & draw? (Part 3 of 3)
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Alf Crossley: The Kootenays En Plein Air
Alf Crossley's paintings & drawings traverse 4 decades in the Kootenays of British Columbia. His style transmutes landscapes into iconic archetypes (a 3-Part Series.)
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Alf Crossley: The Kootenays in Brushstrokes
Crossley's paintings incorporate, not only Modernism or elements of natural settings, but advancement of 2-dimensional landscape art into the 21st century (Part 2 of 3).
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American Painter Elaine Fried de Kooning
Often overshadowed by her Abstract Expressionist husband Willem, Elaine de Kooning had her own distinct talent and undeniable flair for living.
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Arthur Dove
Painter and collage artist Arthur Dove is noted for being the one of the first Americans to create an abstract expressionist style.
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Artist Fairfield Porter
Both artist and critic, the independent-minded Fairfield Porter explored realistic scenes and landscapes at a time when Abstract-Expressionism was in vogue.
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Dada Artist Max Ernst
Ernst, advocate for irrationality in art, favored non-traditional artistic methods for the strange, mysterious human, animal, bird, and plant forms they suggested.
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Frank Lloyd Wright at New York's Guggenheim
The Guggenheim, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright now hosts a fascinating exhibition of his work which helped to define 20th century architecture and life.
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MoMA Focus: Jasper Johns
Part of the Museum of Modern Art's excellent Focus series, Focus: Jasper Johns explores hallmark themes and techniques in the work of the celebrated modern artist.
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Painters and Poets - Creative Union
Abstract expressionist, symbolist, Hotere crosses boundaries to express his vision through the writer's tools of allusion and metaphor.
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Paul Nash and Yves Tanguy
Learn something new from comments made about these two abstract and surrealist artists who created unique landscapes.
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Pollock and Lichtenstein
See if you can answer these questions about these two abstract, pop artists from the 20th century.
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Andy Warhol a Founder of Pop Art
Assassinations, democracy, equal rights, Vietnam War; In the 1960s and 70s America faced tragedies and gave birth to a new culture of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
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Famous Artist Lesson for Preschools
Learning about art and artists is not just a college level endeavor. This lesson plan outlines ideas for preschool activities that focus on famous artists.
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"Process Art" Exhibits at Avalon Island
The exhibit "Process Art" includes artists Johann Eyfells and Amjad Jamal at the Gallery at Avalon Island, 39 S. Magnolia Street, Orlando, Florida.
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Free Entry Into Tate Modern Gallery in London
For travelers looking for things to do in London that are inexpensive, why not pay a visit to the fascinating Galleries at Tate Modern and take a free tour.
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Rock of Ages
An artist who hid his depression from the public, and his picture that today has a prophetic new meaning.
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Cubism: Early Twentieth-Century Art Movements
A brief history on the advent of Cubism, and how Picasso and fellow artists inspired a revolution in modern art during the course of two World Wars.
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Name the Early-20th-Century Artist
How well do you know this 20th-century German, Austrian, or Spanish artist who died in WWI, died in the Spanish flu outbreak, or was obsessed with scenes from his youth?
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Rufino Tamayo
Short biography of the painter, printmaker and sculptor Rufino Tamayo, known for his striking works and large collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts.
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Women As Muralists - Mary Perry Stone
This week the work of Mary Perry Stone is featured as one of a series of articles which will be looking at the types of themes most commonly represented by women who paint murals throughout the world. Each article will explore the inspiration and courage it requires to dare to become a public artist.
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Wood Engraving and a Wood Engraver in the 21st Century
A short article about one man's long life in the arts of printmaking. He attributes it to getting high on the solvents initially. (Funny, they didn't do that to me... Ed.)
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Spoleto 2001 Poster Artist
Spoleto Festival USA 2001 features visual artist Frank Stella's unique abstract work.
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