The History of Abstract Paintings
Abstract paintings have their beginning back in the 19th century. These types of paintings are supposed to be representations of the subject rather than photographic type images. They are to capture the essence of the material instead of the precise images. Abstract art utilizes visual communication using color, form, and line in a creation of a conceptual picture. There were several movements that included the abstract art. You had Romanticism, Expressionism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. Painters that did Expressionism loved the exploration of bold use of paint, drawing exaggerations and distortions, the use of vibrant color. Expressionism created paintings highly charged with emotions. These paintings were reactions or perceptions of an experience contemporary in nature. Impressionism was a bit more subdued than the paintings of the late 19th century. This type of painting was more psychological in nature, which changed the scope of the subject matter. Then the Post-Impressionist like Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cezanne, and others came on the scene and influenced the abstract art world in the 20th century. They were all an influence modern art development. At the start of the 20th century several artists including Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Andre Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck shook up the art world in Paris with very expressive, multi-colored, wild type figure and landscape paintings that were considered Fauvism. Fauvism had a large affect on abstract paintings and contemporary paintings. Cubism was another form of abstract art that came about in the 20th century. Pablo Picasso was a cubist and based his first paintings on ideas the originated with Cezanne. You had various styles of cubism that were practiced by various artists. Abstract art has had a history that involved over 20,000 different artists. So it is difficult to cover them all in one article. From the early 1900s on you have had the Neo-plasticism, which went from 1920 to 1940, abstract expressionism, which was from 1940 to 1955, contemporary realism, conceptual art, hyperrealism, which was from 1960 to 1975, photorealism, and the neo-expressionism, which was from 1970 to 1990 happen in the world of abstract art. Then in 1975, the post modernism era was born and became known as the most famous period for abstract paintings and contemporary paintings. Today just about anything goes when it comes to abstract art. You can also use the computer and do digital forms of painting today too if you are so inclined. We have such a wide assortment of tools today to do art. The computer is redefining the art world today in many ways. With the need to Internet art and other digital works of art needs. The artist that is versed in computer can expand his creativity. Search out your favorite artist's works today, and you may find some contemporary paintings or abstract paintings that you will enjoy. As you can see, there is a fascinating history to abstract art.
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