Abstract Expressionism And Black Artists

Abstract art uses visual language of shape form color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

Abstract expressionism and black artists. It is often characterised by gestural brush strokes or mark making and the impression of spontaneity. It was the first specifically american movement to achieve international influence and put new york city at the center of the western art world a role formerly filled by parisalthough the term abstract expressionism was first applied to american art in 1946 by the art. Abstract expressionism is a term applied to a movement in american painting that flourished in new york city after world war ii sometimes referred to as the new york school or more narrowly as action paintingthe varied work produced by the abstract expressionists resists definition as a cohesive style. Instead these artists shared an interest in using abstraction to convey strong.

A choice selection of abstract paintings feature in our october 2019 sale of african american fine art including first generation abstract expressionist norman lewis alongside artists sam gilliam and kenneth victor young of the washington color school. Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by american painters such as jackson pollock mark rothko and willem de kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. The movement comprised many styles varying in both technique and quality of expression. Abstract expressionism broad movement in american painting that became a dominant trend in western painting during the 1950s.

In the wake of abstract expressionism new generations of artistsboth american and europeanwere profoundly marked by the breakthroughs made by the first generation and went on to create their own important expressions based on but not imitative of those who forged the way. Abstract expressionism is a postworld war ii art movement in american painting developed in new york in the 1940s. Artists include jackson pollock mark rothko joan mitchell and helen frankenthaler. It incorporated a variety of styles and emphasized on conveying strong emotional.

By the end of the 19th century many artists. The african american abstract expressionists are part of the same movement as their white counterparts says rosenfeld delving within themselves and trying to express something universal. The associated artists developed greatly varying stylistic approaches but shared a commitment to an abstract art that powerfully expresses personal convictions and profound human values. Western art had been from the renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality.

The dominant artistic movement in the 1940s and 1950s abstract expressionism was the first to place new york city at the forefront of international modern art.