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History of Abstract Expressionism

Justin Figueroa | APAH

Predecessors & Background

Rene Magritte: Le Faux Miroir

Predecessors & Background

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

Pre-Abstract Expressionist Art

The She-Wolf: Jackson Pollock (1943)

Pre-Abstract Expressionist Art

Hierarchichal Birds: Mark Rothko

Defeat of the German Troops in Korsun-Schevchenko Pocket: Petr Krivonogov

Start, Growth, & Popularity

Start, Growth, & Popularity

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)

Prominent Artists

Prominent Artists

Barnett Newman

Mark Rothko

Morris Louis

Four Darks in Red

(collection.whitney.org)

About Rothko

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)

About Morris Louis

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)

About Morris Louis

Onement I

(theartstory.org)

About Barnett Newman

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

Other Prominent Artists:

1. Helen Frankenthaler

a. Soak-stain method

2. Jackson Pollock

a. Action painting

b. Automatism

Number 1 (Lavender Mist)

Nature Abhors a Vacuum

After Abstract Expressionism

Post-Abstract Expressionism

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)

Post-Painterly Abstraction

Post-Painterly Abstraction

"linear" and "bright"

Dance by John Ferren

The Key by Howard

Mehring

Isis Ardor by Jules Olitski

Fin

History of Abstract Expressionism

Justin Figueroa | APAH

Fin

Thank You!

Questions? | Comments?

Bibliography

Bibliography

Allpainters.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.

"Abstract Expressionism Movement, Artists And Major

Works". The Art Story. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 May 2017.

"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.

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