Sentences with phrase «qualities of abstract expressionism»

Another artist who was known to present qualities of abstract expressionism in his artworks was Mark Tobey.

This was a reaction to the emotional qualities of abstract expressionism, and focused on the ideas behind the art as opposed to the actual objects.

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.

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Rauschenberg would subsequently explain his detachment from what he called «a whole language used in discussions of abstract expressionism that I could never make function for myself; it revolved around words like «tortured,» «struggle,» «pain»»; whereas he himself «could never see those qualities in paint.»

McNeil speaks of why he became interested in art; his early influences; becoming interested in modern art after attending lectures by Vaclav Vytlacil; meeting Arshile Gorky; the leading figures in modern art during the 1930s; his interest in Cézanne; studying with Jan Matulka and Hans Hofmann; his experiences with the WPA; the modern artists within the WPA; the American Abstract Artists (A.A.A.); a group of painters oriented to Paris called The Ten; how there was an anti-surrealism attitude, and a surrealist would not have been permitted in A.A.A; what the A.A.A. constituted as abstract art; a grouping within the A.A.A. called the Concretionists; his memories of Léger; how he assesses the period of the 1930s; the importance of Cubism; what he thinks caused the decline of A.A.A.; how he assesses the period of the 1940s; his stance on form and the plastic values in art; his thoughts on various artists; the importance of The Club; the antipathy to the School of Paris after the war; how Impressionism was considered in the 40s and 50s; slides of his paintings from 1937 to 1962, and shows how he developed as an artist; the problems of abstract expressionism; organic and geometric form; the schisms in different art groups due to politics; his teaching techniques; why he feels modern painting declined after 1912; the quality of A.A.A. works; stretching his canvases, and the sizes he uses; his recent works, and his approaches to painting.

The expressionism and abstract quality of Sakhai's art is evident in every artwork that she has showcased at this edifice.

There is a dream - like quality to the artist's work, where elements of architectural drawings merge with abstract expressionism.