The Boston figurative Expressionists post World War II were increasingly marginalized by
the development of abstract expressionism centered in New York City.
In these works he became a pioneer in
the development of abstract expressionism.
But Kelly had missed the entire
development of abstract expressionism while he was away.
He opened his own schools of art in New York City and in Provincetown, which were central to
the development of abstract expressionism.
An important figure in the New York School, Paul Jenkins contributed to
the development of abstract expressionism in New York and abroad with his intuitive, chance - based approach to painting.
A fascinating 1972 documentary, directed by Emile de Antonio, examines
the development of abstract expressionism through Hard Edge and Color Field painting to Pop Art.
And as these artists informed
the development of abstract expressionism, so Burkhart gives new interpretation to a strange and compelling emotional landscape.
Not exact matches
Neel's dedication to the «unfashionable» art
of portrait painting and social realism — and this during the decades
of abstract expressionism, pop art and minimalism — ensured that her work remained permanently out
of kilter with avant - garde artistic
developments.
Hans Hofmann in particular as teacher, mentor, and artist was both important and influential to the
development and success
of abstract expressionism in the United States.
Chapter 1: Things Must be Pulverized:
Abstract Expressionism Charts the move from figurative to
abstract painting as the dominant style
of painting (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko Chapter 2: Wounded Painting: Informel in Europe and Beyond Meanwhile in Europe:
abstract painters immediate responses to the horrors
of World War II (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Jean Dubuffet, Lucio Fontana, Viennese Aktionism, Wols Chapter 3: Post-War Figurative Painting Surveys those artists who defiantly continued to make figurative work as Abstraction was rising to dominance - including Social Realists (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso Chapter 4: Against Gesture - Geometric Abstraction The
development of a rational, universal language
of art - the opposite
of the highly emotional Informel or
Abstract Expressionism (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley, Yves Klein Chapter 5: Post-Painting Part 1: After Pollock In the aftermath
of Pollock's death: the early days
of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptual painting in the USA (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly Chapter 5: Anti Tradition - Pop Painitng How painting survives against growth
of mass visual culture: photography and television - if you can't beat them, join them (1960s and 70s) Key artists discussed: Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol Chapter 6: A transcendental high art: Neo
Expressionism and its Discontents The continuation
of figuration and
expressionism in the 1970s and 80s, including many artists who have only been appreciated in later years (1970s & 80s) Key artists discussed: Georg Baselitz, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Chapter 7: Post-Painting Part II: After Pop A new era in which figurative and
abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind
of «pop art» - primarily figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, Luc Tuymans
In the late 1960s, he transitioned from Pop - inflected figurative
expressionism with the
development of his Map Paintings, which feature
abstract fields
of colour overlaid with the stencilled outlines
of continents.
Often perceived as the last avant - garde movement, Cobra was crucial in the
development of the European
abstract expressionism.
The Sam Feinstein retrospective at the Cape Cod Museum
of Art will reveal the seventy - year trajectory
of Feinstein's
development from realism through
expressionism, cubist -
expressionism, Hofmann - influenced abstraction to Feinstein's own unique language
of color - forms — luminous and life - enhancing — in his monumental, mature
abstract paintings.
While his work reflects the cultural
development of twentieth - century modern art in its evolution from realism to abstraction, his own personal search went beyond the ease or angst or graphic quality
of abstract expressionism to arrive at what must be called Luminist Abstraction.
Postwar Modern Art and the Rejection
of Modernism The
development of a new American art movement was held in abeyance until after World War II, when the United States took the lead in the formation
of a vigorous new art known as
abstract expressionism with the impetus
of such artists as Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning.
Drawing upon historical movements such as baroque, pop art, and
abstract expressionism, while referencing contemporary
developments in graffiti and photo - realism, the duo create intricately layered canvases in which linear narrative falls prey to the chaos
of our image saturated times.
Although not an organized or self conscious movement, one
of the most important
developments in
abstract art to emerge following
abstract expressionism occurred in Washington, D.C., and is most often designated the Washington Color School.