Famous Abstract Art

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Till the end of the 19 th century, most art was representational art, meaning it depicted images and pictures that were very straightforward and easy to see and understand. This was the only type of art at the time and there was this need felt to create something different and unique. To satisfy this need of artists, a movement arose in 1870 in Europe, called ‘Impressionism’ which first introduced abstraction in paintings. Art, for the first time, did not represent images that were fully recognizable.

Artists, during this time, wanted to create art and images which represented the reality of nature as in the depths of water and the different effects of light on things and natural objects. Most paintings were done with the same subject but at different times of the day and during different seasons so as to show how the same thing could look different because of the changing effects of light.

Sometime during the last few decades of the 19 th century, there was an increasing need amongst artists to create something different that not only depicted images but also revealed their feeling and emotions; at the same time evoking emotions from the viewer. Thus began the transition from representational art to abstract art and the emergence of Abstract Art Artists.

Over the decades there have been a number of high profile and very talented abstract artists, who have created and given to the world a range of unique and attention-grabbing pieces of artwork. Below, you can discover some of the abstract artwork that has emerged over the last century including the artist that created these masterpieces:

Willi Baumeister: 1889-1955

Aru With Dots, 1955
Motif 1937, 1953
Figures On Gray, 1954
Spiral On Yellow, 1952
Composition, 1946
Amenophis, 1950
Magic Stone, 19th - 20th century

Henry Moore: 1898-1986

Figures in a Setting, No. 1, 1942
Study of Female Figure, circa 1930
Figures, Sculptures, circa 1932
Black Figures, 1963
Draped reclining figure, 1951
James Henry Daugherty, To Moore from Jim - in celebration of a long & boisterous friendship., 19th - 20th century
Marshy Landscape with Rainbow, 1864

Jackson Pollock: 1912-1956

Greyed Rainbow, 1953
Ocean Greyness, 1953
Autumn Rhythm, 1950
The Moon woman, 1942
Enchanted Forest, 1947

Arshile Gorky: 1904-1948

Composition, 1936-1939
Virginia Summer, 1946
Summation, 1947
Virginia Landscape, 1944

Wassily Kandinsky: 1866-1944

Blue Mountain, 1908-1909
Tre Triangoli, 1938
Zig Zag Bianchi 1922
Lyrisches (Lyrical), 1911

Of course, there are many other abstract artists that have made contributions to the world of art, and their work is forever memorialized in books, in print, and of course, in art galleries all around the world. Abstract artists and their unusual and unique work can be difficult to understand, difficult to interpret, but also interesting, unique, and mesmerizing.