Sentences with phrase «technique of abstract expressionism»

Hiroshi Senju's sublime, large - scale paintings of waterfalls and cliffs are renowned for combining the techniques of abstract expressionism with Japan's centuries - old nihonga style of painting.

Not exact matches

While Arshile Gorky is considered to be one of the founding fathers of abstract expressionism and a surrealist, he was also one of the first painters of the New York School who used the technique of staining.

It was from Parker that Isberg learned his classical drawing techniques as well as being influenced by his advocacy for the New York School of abstract expressionism.

Therefore, the prevalent view is to understand the worlds of Asian artists with Oriental lyricism, though different in technique, as a branch that absorbed the influence of abstract expressionism.

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Indeed, her technique is so refined that it is impossible to identify the brushstrokes or painterly marks that have often been regarded, in various movements and moments over the past 60 years, as the last romantic gasp of the artist's self — such as in abstract expressionism, for instance, where the gesture was seen as a revelation of ego (usually a male ego).

At the height of abstract expressionism's popularity in New York, Bearden experimented with its techniques between the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Ossorio speaks of his youth and education in England and the United States; attending Harvard; working as a medical illustrator for the Army; coming to New York and becoming acquainted with Jackson Pollock and other New York artists; a mural commission he received for a church in the Philippines; the difficulty of introducing new ideas into Catholic art; traveling to Paris; his association with Jean Dubuffet; changes in his technique; his work in collage; his affiliation with the Signa Gallery; abstract expressionism.

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.

Interestingly, Feneon also coined the term Tachisme to describe the painting technique of the Impressionists, some 60 years or so before it was re-used by the French art critic Michel Tapie to describe the Tachisme splinter movement which evolved out of abstract expressionism.

Later called The New York School, abstract expressionism involved a variety of artistic techniques and characteristics, where artists were primarily interconnected by a desire to convey intense interior emotion through abstraction.

As an undergraduate art major, Goldberg studied with the New York School painter Angelo Ippolito, who subscribed to the spontaneous approach that is the essence of abstract expressionism, regardless of the medium or technique.

In its formal treatment, takes on the appearance of a futuristic color fields abstract expressionism where traditional painting has been replaced by spray, which reminds us of the technique used in painting street graffiti, positioning the workpiece between the high and low culture.

Acclaimed for his painterly touch, Johns based his technique on the informal brushwork and texture of abstract expressionism, sometimes attaching literal elements such as rulers and brooms to the canvas.

Because works of abstract expressionism can diverge wildly in terms of structure and technique, art historian Irving Sandler divides abstract expressionists into two categories: gesture painters and color - field painters.

Using acrylic and silkscreen techniques on linen and canvas, this show pays hommage to abstract expressionism, inspired by the discordant beauty of Charlie Parker's jazz composition, Now's the Time.

In simple terms, Greenberg was highlighting a trend away from gestural - type abstract expressionism - including the gesturalism of Willem de Kooning, the «action - painting» technique of Jackson Pollock, and the use of textural effects - towards greater use of broad areas of unmodulated colour.

But he was a product of his time and teachers, so in the 1950s he flirted with abstraction and abstract expressionism, another movement defined in general terms as combining nonobjective forms with spontaneous, emotion - fueled technique.