Famous Abstract Paintings Of People

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Famous abstract oil paintings artist expression. The many swirls and meshes make it a unique piece of work. Nonetheless the power of abstraction s clarity and freedom still held great promise. Kazimir malevich 9 kazimir malevich.

Jun 10 2020 debra hurd paints oil paintings of musicians and famous people palette knife oil paintings. February 23 1878 may 15 1935 geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms. Relying therefore mostly on lines shapes and color abstraction is often the expression of the artist s thoughts and emotions. Although famously known as a surrealist artist peinture etoile bleue was miro s transition between figurative and abstract art in 2012 peinture etoile bleue led sotheby s evening sale of impressionist modern art in london and fetched 23 5 million setting a record for the artist and also making more than three times the price it achieved five years ago.

A majority of the twentieth century s most iconic and famous abstract paintings were created by artists who sought and found new ways of producing art that will encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology science and philosophy in the west. Abstract artists brought different genres and sub genres of abstraction into the dominant painting style of the 20th century. Abstract art emerged from the artists desire to create works unrelated and unrestrained by visual references in reality. Movement in squares 1961 bridget riley.

This influential avant garde direction in painting derived from the request for pure art abstract non figurative non objective and nonrepresentational artwork. As abstraction entered into the 1960s and 1970s many painters were already rejecting its fundamental ideas returning to figuration and exploring the realm of conceptual art. Kazimir malevich was the founder of the art movement known as suprematism which focused on basic geometric forms such as circles squares lines and rectangles and the use of limited range of colors. Op art short form for optical art is a genre in abstract art in which the artist creates an optical illusion through precise manipulation of patterns shapes and colors bridget riley one of britain s leading artists since the 1960s is perhaps the most famous op artist after victor vasarely in this painting she portrays a checkerboard which.

For these reasons it is one of the most expensive paintings ever sold by an american artist as it was sold for a huge 140 million. The earliest movements toward contemporary abstraction in history of art were seen in romanticism.