2. Abstractionism
1910’s to mid 1900’s
Defined:
Using abstract art principles to represent internal
thoughts
Using color and shapes to get the ‘idea’ of the subject
across
Influenced by Impressionism, Fauvism, and
Cubism
Happening all over the world (Kandinsky and
Malevich in Russia, O’Keeffe in America,
Mondrian in the Netherlands)
3. Abstractionism
Abstract Art-
art that does not represent anything, but tries
to achieve effect using shape, color, and line
imagery which departs from representational
accuracy
4. Forms of Abstractionism
Geometric-
Structural and has a mathematic design. (Comes
from Cubism)
Organic (Non-Geometric)-
An irregular shape. Could be found in nature.
inner self, curvilinear, decorative.
Lyrical-
Has an emotional or spiritual connection
5. Wassily Kandinsky
Born: December 16th ,1866 in Moscow
Died: December 13th,1944
Played: Cello and Piano
Named artwork as compositions because he
had a strong correlation with music
Believed that colors provoke emotions
6. Started painting after visiting the French
Impressionists exhibition in Moscow and the
viewing of Monet’s, Haystacks at Giverny and
Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin
Believed that paintings should be connected
with music
7. Kandinsky’s work today is in exhibition across
Europe and North America
Famous for his Composition VIII and
Transversal Lines
People had mixed feelings about his work
11. Kasmir Malevich
Full name: Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
Born: February 23, 1879 – May 15, 1935
Studied: painting, sculptures, architecture, and
wrote
Where he studied: Mascow School of
Painting, Sculpture, architetcture
Was involved in many exhibtitions
Childhood: peasant embroidery, decorated walls
and stoves, painted in peasant style
12. Influences on work: aerial photography,
aviation, revolutions in Russia,
Kandinsky, Larionov, cubism,
expressionism
Role in Art World: laid down the
foundation if Suprematism
Publish Manifesto: From Cubism to
Suprematism
Taught at some schools and wrote the
book The World as Non- Objectivity
15. Georgia O’Keeffe
Born November 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Knew she wanted to be an artist at a young age
Traveled often
Married Photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1923
Loved the “American West” (Texas, New Mexico)
Died in 1986 in Santa Fe at the age of 98
16. Her Legacy
The art world was dominated by men when
her paintings became famous
“The men liked to put me down as the best
woman painter. I think I’m one of the best
painters”
Awards:
1977- Received Medal of Freedom from President
Gerald Ford, for her achievements in art
1985- Awarded National Medal of Arts by
President Ronald Regan
17. Her Art and Influences
Influenced by: Modern photography, Nature,
“The American West,” and Fauvism
Use of Color
Use of Shapes
24. Reactions
Her paintings of flowers make
the viewer feel “as if we were
human butterflies”
“The observer feels like Alice
after she had inbibed the ‘Drink
Me’ phial” –James W. Lane
Apollo magazine 1938
Others thought her paintings
were “unabashedly sensual”
The Miracle Flower (1936)
25. PIET MONDRIAN
•Born: March 7, 1872 in the Netherlands
•Was a theorist, writer, and artist, reflected
the underlying spirituality of nature.
•Liked simple and basic
•Logical manner
•Uses basic colors and forms
•Wrote: Neo-Plasticism and now is key
document for abstractionism
26. One of the founders of De-stijl
Major influences: Vincent Van
Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Pablo
Picasso, Cubism, impressionism, Fav
ism