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Rene Magritte: Le Faux Miroir
a. Most Abstract Expressionists have a Surrealist background
b. Surrealists forced to move to NYC; WWII
c. Many of the artists influenced by leftist politics
d. In the US, some artists experienced the Great Depression
(theartstory.org)
The Persistence of Memory: Salvador Dali
The She-Wolf: Jackson Pollock (1943)
Hierarchichal Birds: Mark Rothko
Defeat of the German Troops in Korsun-Schevchenko Pocket: Petr Krivonogov
a. Abstract expressionists prefer "The New York School"
b. New York becomes center of Western art world post-WWII
c. The New York School deemed first authentic USA avant-garde movement
d. Abstract Expressionism seen as "American in spirit - monumental in scale, romantic in mood, and expressive of a rugged individual freedom"
(theartstory.org)
Concord: Barnett Newman
(1949)
Four Darks in Red
(collection.whitney.org)
a. Originally from modern-day Latvia
b. Immigrated to the US for religious freedom; Jewish
c. Liked music more than visual art in HS
d. Earned scholarship to Yale; didn't like it; left
e. Early paintings consisted of nudes, portraits...
f. Became famous post-death
g. He often used huge canvases
(theartstory.org)
Point of Tranquility (allpainters.org)
a. Also a Jewish immigrant family from Eastern Europe
b. Went against parents; a Maryland art school vs, medical school
c. Influenced by Jackson Pollock, an action painter
d. His work is seen as a bridge between Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting
(allpainters.org)
Onement I
(theartstory.org)
a. Also a Jew (from Russian Poland)
b. Went to City College New York
c. In the '40s, gave up painting for natural history and pre-Columbian art
d. He befriended Betty Parsons, a gallery owner
e. He called the vertical lines "zips"
f. Compared meeting a painting to meeting a person
1. Helen Frankenthaler
a. Soak-stain method
2. Jackson Pollock
a. Action painting
b. Automatism
a. Clement Greenberg, prominent art critic, believed the New York School was in decline in the '50s
b. He described the new style as "linear" and "bright"
(theartstory.org)
"linear" and "bright"
Dance by John Ferren
The Key by Howard
Mehring
Isis Ardor by Jules Olitski
Fin
Fin
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"Barnett Newman Biography, Art, And Analysis Of Works".
The Art Story. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.
"Concord | Barnett Newman | 68.178 | Work of Art |
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 June 2017.
Greenberg:Barbara McKay. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 June 2017.
<http://www.sharecom.ca/greenberg/bmckay.html>.
"Mark Rothko Biography, Art, And Analysis Of Works". The
Art Story. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.
"Morris Louis Biography, Art, And Analysis Of Works". The
Art Story. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.
"Post-Painterly Abstraction Movement, Artists And Major
Works". The Art Story. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.
"Whitney Museum Of American Art: Mark Rothko: Four
Darks In Red". Collection.whitney.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.