1. Non-Representational and Abstract art

2. Vasily Kadinsky “Inner Mystical construction of the world”
Color would show energy and would be celebrations
Nonrepresentational: Lines, shapes and colors that do not reference anything to the real world.

3. Blue Mountain, Kandinsky

4. Painting No. 199, Kandinsky

5. Dominant Curve, Kandinsky

6. Piet Mondrian
Dutch artist who began with painting series of trees, which led to abstract art.
Abstract art: Does not represent reality, the effect using shapes, forms, colors and textures
Broke down nature to simple lines and curves, wanted to create pure visual harmony and universal paintings
Came from Europe to New York in 1940 to escape the Nazis which inspired his artwork

7. Tableau 2, with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, Piet Mondrian

8. Broadway Boogie Woogie, Piet Mondrian

9. Georgia O’keeffe Inspiration in abstraction of nature
Reworking what was around her into a personal statement

10. Two Calla Lilies on Pink, Georgia O’keeffe

11. Radiator Building- Night, New York, Georgia O’keeffe

12. Abstraction of Blue, Georgia O’keeffe

13. Willem de Kooning Born in Holland, came to America at a young age
Early paintings were inspired from Picasso, then in the late 1940s started black and white paintings. They were unclear as to what shapes were behind and which were closer
Abstract Expressionism: Psychological content of expressionism with no clear reference to the visual world.

14. Door to the River, Willem de Kooning

15. Painting, 1948, Willem de Kooning

16. Jackson Pollock
Influenced by surrealist artist who came to New York during WWII
“Drip technique” would hover over canvas with dripping paint
Lines were independent and active and did not define space so that they could have equal impact
Huge paintings to make a statement of space

17. Number 1 (Lavender Mist), Andrew Pollock

18. Mark Rothko
Abstract Expressionist, started with automatic picture making
Color-Field painting; Large areas of color were dominant than any particular shape
Still kept early influences but was using a different approach with a psychological and spiritual effects of color

19. Green on Blue, Mark Rothko
Transparent layers, one over another to create a soft gentle movement

20. Hans Hofmann
Teacher of the next generation of American abstract expressionists. Career in teaching began Germany, then Paris
1932 came to New York and began teaching “pure painting’ or no reference to the visible real world
“Push pull”

21. Memoria in Aeternum, Hans Hofmann

22. Helen Frankenthaler Student of Hans Hoftmann
The New York School: Younger abstract expressionists. Also refers to second generation abstract expressionists.
After seeing Pollock in studio, she began to paint in a new way which began in Started with unprimed canvases and poured paint on them from coffee cans
Had more calm pieces, which sets her apart from the more anxious works of Abstract Expressionism

23. Mountains and Sea, Helen Frankenthaler

24. Quiz What type of artist was Piet Kandinsky?
Who was the artist of this piece?

25. 3. Which artist started out with inspirations from Picasso, then later the artist’s pieces became a work of Abstract Expressionism?
4. Who used the “drip technique?”
5. Who used color-field paintings?
6. Which believed in “pure painting” and the “push, pull” method?
7. How is Helen Frankenthaler set apart from other works of abstract expressionism?

26. 8. What is non-representational art?
9. What was the New york school?
10.
Who is the artist of this piece?