Famous Female Abstract Artists

Mary abbott 1921new york painter mary abbott studied under barnett newman and mark rothko and was a friend of.

Famous female abstract artists. Here are the top 10 abstract artists of all time ranked and reviewedincluding russias kandinsky hollands mondrian and americas pollock. 9 tamara de lempicka. The initially works of robert delaunay were neo. April 24 1931 op art short form for optical art is a genre in abstract art in which the.

On view through september the exhibition is naming a different set of artists including joan mitchell mary abbott deborah remington and judith godwin. Born in los angeles she attended the university of california los. One of the most celebrated artists in the medium of assemblage betye saar is a true icon within the contemporary art sphere. The clara database of women artists lists 18000 female visual artists representing all historical periods and nationalities.

May 16 1898 march 18 1980 born in poland in an aristocratic family tamara de. Contemporary ethiopian female painter julie mehretu is an ethiopian artist whose large scale abstract paintings have brought her global attention. Yet a closer look at the canvases of the 1940s and 50s tells a different story one adopted as the premise of the denver art museum s women of abstract expressionism show. Jay defeo 19291989today jay defeo ranks among the better known female artists of the era but only after flying.

Whose transcendent oeuvre is often the only female practice referred to in scholarship and exhibitions around action painting even when these artists were invited into the members and male only eighth street club to discuss abstraction and its ability to channel emotional statesas was the case with perle fine joan mitchell and mary abbotttheir work rarely sold as well or was written about as widely or favorably. 12 women of abstract expressionism to know now 1. 10 most famous abstract artists and their masterpieces. But for now here are 20 profiles of famous female abstract artists you should know and a clickable list of 50 more to check out when you have time.

With an astounding career spanning over five decades as a member of artist collective the london group alongside david hockney rb. 12 april 1885 25 october 1941. Her paintings are full of texture energy and passion which she creates through her use of layering multiple mediums.