Abstract Art History
How did abstract art come to be?
Abstract art in its strictest sense has its origins in the 19th century. The period characterized by so vast a body of elaborately representational art produced for the sake of illustrating anecdote also produce a number of painters who examined the mechanism of light and visual perception.
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Why abstract art is important?
Abstracts are designed to highlight key point from major sections of the paper and to explain what the paper includes. Effective abstracts provide sufficient details to expedite classifying the paper as relevant to readers' clinical work or research interests.
What is the influence for abstract art?
The abstract Expressionists were deeply influenced by the idea of the exploring the unconscious which reigned in Surrealism, and by the ideas of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and his exploration of myths and archetypes. They also gravitated towards existentialist philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Mountains and Sea
Located in National gallery of art
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On a Clear Day, 1973
Located in KRAKOW WITKIN GALLERY
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Abstract art influencer artists
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Wassily Kandinsky.
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Piet Mondrian
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Mark Rothko
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Helen Frankenthaler
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ao Wou-Ki
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Mark Bradford
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Julie Mehretu
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Bridget Riley
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Cecily Brown
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Mark Grotjahn
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Albert Oehlen
Expanded Expansion, 1969
Located in the guggenheim museums
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L'Ete '67
Located in Peabody Essex Museum
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Seated Nude
Located in Smithsonian American Art Museum
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What abstract art is about
Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colors, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
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Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950
Located in Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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what a human being is c.1910
Being sold everywhere as few are in Museums or art galleys ​