modernists and influenced
Edvard Munch is an example of an artist who greatly focused on expressing emotion. Henri Matisse, a fauvist, used simple, abstract colors to show emotion. Another major example would be a later artist, Mark Rothko, who was a "color field" abstract expressionist. Rothko was interested in conjuring deep emotions in viewers of his art, by using strong and abrasive colors.
Mark Rothko has written: 'Mark Rothko (Portfolio)' 'Realidad del Artista' '[Paintings]' 'Mark Rothko in New York' -- subject(s): Painters, Catalogs, Biography 'Paredes de luz' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'Rothko' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'The art of Mark Rothko' -- subject(s): Art, Modern, Modern Art 'Rothko' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'Mark Rothko (Prestel Postcard Book)' 'Mark Rothko, 1949, a year in transition' -- subject(s): Exhibitions 'The Artist's Reality'
No, abstraction is not about good or bad quality - it is about the subject. If a picture reprsents identifiable things or persons etc it is figurative, even if the figures are distorted. Abstract, or non-figurative art depicts nothing. It may be good quality (Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko) or bad (a monkey with a paint-box).
Mark Rothko, Clement Greenberg, Willem De Kooning and Barnett Newman
The cast of Letter to Rothko - 2009 includes: Joe Dobson as Art Student Oli Eastop as Art Student Vincent Jerome as Art Student Constanza Ruff as Art Student Tammy Sander as Art Student
It can be classified under Abstract Expressionism.
Semi-abstract pertains to a type of art where the subject stays recognizable even though the forms are derived from abstract art. Abstract shapes including cubes are used in the paintings or sculptures but you can tell what the subject is.
Color-field painting can be classified under the abstract expressionist movement that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s in the United States. It is characterized by large, flat areas of color that emphasize the physicality of paint and evoke emotional and sensory responses in the viewer. Prominent color-field painters include Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler.
There are many different kinds of abstract painting, also different views as to what constitutes abstract art. Some experts are of the opinion that many of Claude Monets late paintings are abstract. A few of the trends in American painting after World War II are definitely abstract. E.g. the action painting by J Pollock, color field painting by M Louis or Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko. To mention but a few.
Abstract art is a kind of visual art.
Abstract art is unrelated to real things or thoughts and only represents itself.- Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.