abstract expressionism

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

By: Aileen Peer and Julia Beckett

Influences

-Great Depression, WPA -World War II -Surrealism, Cubism,

Expressionism

The Artist with His Mother, Arshile Gorky (1926-1936) The Liver is the Cock’s Comb,

Arshile Gorky (1944)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=the+artist+and+his+mother+gorky&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=VThU4BpJt9atRM&tbnid=yKt1PTYM5htsgM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/arshile-gorky/the-artist-with-his-mother-1936&ei=E4tLUf2DOrKv0AGJrIHoAQ&psig=AFQjCNF8l4-F0_qWD-S1hmO3LWFSBq1r6g&ust=1363991686363392

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=the+liver+in+the+cock%27s+comb&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=lZuo76CbJa-5QM&tbnid=aPIuwWWvF841UM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fslideshow%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2Farts%2F0502-ACTION_9.html&ei=fOFqUZizJrXE4AO72YHIDQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNF5jUji2yJgp6Fmn87cyLYXfNJaIw&ust=1366045437024291

Shared Characteristics

-Large scale of canvas -Spontaneous yet controlled

(planned) movements -Bold brushstrokes -Gesture/action painting

technique -Reworked surfaces -Captures emotion

Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=de+kooning+work&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Mu89nvvgmWxs_M&tbnid=HgTAEoiFGGlP-M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://maryblairz.blogspot.com/2011/09/willem-de-kooning.html&ei=f8tgUbL1F4bo0QGev4DgAQ&bvm=bv.44770516,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNHWXngI__D7ak8g7dVcMPxBBpNYdA&ust=1365384437142338

Seated Woman, Willem de Kooning (1940)

Pencil drawing of Elaine de Kooning, 1940

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=seated+womande+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=iCze7KAEsBpH3M&tbnid=iGD2hRmw3r646M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.themasterpiececards.com/famous-paintings-reviewed/bid/78625/de-Kooning-A-Retrospective-at-MoMA&ei=sIpLUY7ENMTx0gH24oCQCQ&psig=AFQjCNEjg7-_5njL6uwYbGJscEGRmffO3g&ust=1363991597580023

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=de+kooning+elaine+sketch&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=FgweGmao_zyQgM&tbnid=uF6WcsBSziIhXM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.radford.edu/rbarris/art428/dekooning%20and%20the%20dislocation%20of%20history.html&ei=W8xgUb7tJYqn0AGQqoBw&bvm=bv.44770516,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNE3Ld8-p0LPlB8DDqd7_a13MxTLcQ&ust=1365384664935085

Pink Angels, Willem de Kooning - 1945

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=pink+angels+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=FgweGmao_zyQgM&tbnid=7XDBFPWTim5SmM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.radford.edu/rbarris/art428/dekooning%20and%20the%20dislocation%20of%20history.html&ei=DYdLUbLRIoWy0QGclICABg&bvm=bv.44158598,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGN8IdOVYBcdtcxUUCtp3FwB2bCVw&ust=1363990320782349

Painting, Willem de Kooning (1948)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=painting+by+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=tbMOKdd8jEvhrM&tbnid=tiUx6hEYhLUTYM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Facademics.smcvt.edu%2Fgblasdel%2Fslides%2520ar333%2Fwebpages%2Fw.%2520dekooning%2C%2520painting.htm&ei=N95qUabNPLeg4AOAj4CACA&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGTOr3_iJCrdfwC65KAd5xvRLxW3g&ust=1366044600368341

Excavation, Willem de Kooning-1950 Oil on canvas

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=excavation+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=GwEfF7drmtcoqM&tbnid=_bmw89gt6Xl9HM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/76244&ei=7YhLUYzPDtDy0QH0poHABA&bvm=bv.44158598,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNF9VvCEIKmPQe0KONT6CQUsS8-vyQ&ust=1363991045941529

Woman I, Willem de Kooning-1950-52

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=woman+1+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=h3Utkc5jf-8aaM&tbnid=1r78m0ckdpEakM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4233773&ei=solLUcHWGsOZ0QGCvoDYAw&psig=AFQjCNEQ7iNXlVQ9i5F_zS8BCoaHUZiaLg&ust=1363991298614203

Composition, Willem de Kooning-1955. Oil, enamel, and charcoal on canvas

Gotham News, Willem de Kooning-1955

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=gotham+news+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=756haKKH6k8HPM&tbnid=6zAzG6AnnYjkhM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/willem-de-kooning/gotham-news&ei=A41LUdzXEaqK0QGymoGQAw&psig=AFQjCNHqdUAo9Q2E5CyM6v2ke9jBK3sliA&ust=1363992180295050

Gotham News, Willem de Kooning-1955

Report from Rockport, Stuart Davis (1940)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=report+from+rockport+stuart+davis&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=ablsL7UfhZo0EM&tbnid=VYaNRgOo_I0m5M:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fwm%2Fpaint%2Fauth%2Fdavis%2F&ei=ot9qUcCFBtPk4APp84G4Dw&psig=AFQjCNGbDqT9Rk_AFsnTPdqEgWjb0Jw0XA&ust=1366044962569729

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=gotham+news+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=756haKKH6k8HPM&tbnid=6zAzG6AnnYjkhM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/willem-de-kooning/gotham-news&ei=A41LUdzXEaqK0QGymoGQAw&psig=AFQjCNHqdUAo9Q2E5CyM6v2ke9jBK3sliA&ust=1363992180295050

Villa Borghese, Willem de Kooning (1960). Oil on canvas

Women, Sag Harbor, Willem de Kooning-1964

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=woman+sag+harbor+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Ro47gJmzokBH_M&tbnid=lT7YXIxYBJfErM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/willem-de-kooning/woman-sag-harbour&ei=rY1LUez-Msmy0QGjgoHgAw&psig=AFQjCNHrBol9jYRFaYnWFHb_PxYwSq5uXQ&ust=1363992345527101

Whose Name Was Writ in Water, Willem de Kooning-1975. Oil on canvas

Rider (Untitled VII), Willem de Kooning -1985

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=rider+de+kooning&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=bMnmpjpEVk_nZM&tbnid=2uABJ18FjqALYM:&ved=&url=http://galleristny.com/2011/09/willem-de-koonings-4-billion-show/&ei=zYpoUbnwN8Tl4AOW2IGQDw&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNEVWQw0Bp-0B7XcBaZPY4fmihRoCg&ust=1365892174357634

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)

http://www.themathhattan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jackson-pollock.jpg

Lavender Mist (Number 1) – Pollock (1948)

http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/lm1024.jpg

Number 28 – Pollock (1950)

http://www.chicagomag.com/images/2009/June%202009/C0609_QueenArts_10.jpg


http://0.tqn.com/d/gonyc/1/0/h/F/moma-28.JPG


http://uploads0.wikipaintings.org/images/jackson-pollock/number-32-1950.jpg

Blue Poles (Number 11) – Pollock (1952)

http://nga.gov.au/international/catalogue/Images/LRG/36334.jpg

Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) – Pollock (1957)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaaHtnOM9MI/TZoyGN4xwJI/AAAAAAAAAIM/aNMJt9YqvKo/s1600/autumn-rhythm-number-30-pollock-1950.jpg

Video of Pollock painting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bICqvmKL5s

Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=rothko+at+work&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=qUpXVw9VyJ441M&tbnid=VJCRDac7TA8vqM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2009/04/rothko-part-six.html&ei=Fc1gUa3qHOfh0QHcnoC4CA&bvm=bv.44770516,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNFA33i-OBlGeDbYXBLlCkG52jOziw&ust=1365384805550591

Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, Mark Rothko (1944)

Carnival of Harlequin, Joan Miro (1924-1925)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=Slow+Swirl+at+the+Edge+of+the+Sea+(1944)&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=vJoIFd31cgYafM&tbnid=n0uleqHkqh0wyM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/mark-rothko/slow-swirl-at-the-edge-of-the-sea&ei=Io9LUd3RBuPS0wGzioGACw&bvm=bv.44158598,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNE6puO2jpVjfySp1bD4NkW1i8wYCw&ust=1363992732262087

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=miro+carnival+of+harlequin&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=5swWfj5alJlbcM&tbnid=N9F5lSKYI3dOqM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fun-learning-spanish.com%2Fmiro.html&ei=K91qUcKwJ6614APHmoHwDQ&bvm=bv.45175338,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNH8VSoRAHpbtoezgifG1iX2Pq209g&ust=1366044331936623

Sacrifice, Mark Rothko (April 1946)

Untitled, Mark Rothko (1947). Oil on canvas

Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red), Mark Rothko (1949)

Untitled (Titulurik gabea), Mark Rothko (1952–53)

Four Darks in Red, Mark Rothko (1958)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=rothkoFour+Darks+in+Red+(1958)&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=2yAZxA8X-kU2tM&tbnid=_-d3dti1e6cqgM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Darks_in_Red&ei=3I9LUZX9IYPG0QHzgYGICA&psig=AFQjCNGtQY7vvxcs8e-Mvsyt-JfPViLw_A&ust=1363992912776882

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSiu8qzHV6c

Rothko’s Painting Technique

Start at 1:49



The Rothko Chapel, Mark Rothko (1965)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=The+Rothko+Chapel+(1965)&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Sc5pzmid4sarWM&tbnid=lMhXvW_chngr0M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://musicclipoftheday.com/tag/emily-dickinson/&ei=VJBLUaihFOL40gHa9YCgBA&psig=AFQjCNGBBSBVxBmpIPlVdUBwyRKvqbxt8Q&ust=1363993025167108

Untitled, Black on Gray, Mark Rothko (1969)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=Untitled,+Black+on+Gray+(1969)&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=g0ENTNOaGyBHtM&tbnid=o-3lQzXDEk9gIM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/piece/?object=86.3422&search=&f=Title&ei=rJBLUY3lK6qr0AGS1oH4Dw&psig=AFQjCNGjzYu0pO8QzGDEMtVts-pRk87qhA&ust=1363993128229675

Franz Kline (1910-1962)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m24q89acZx1r1bfd7o1_1280.jpg

Number 11 – Kline (1951)

http://www.reproduction-gallery.com/oil_painting_reproduction_gallery/Franz-Kline-Painting-No-11-1951-large-1100244757.jpg

Number 2 – Kline (1954)

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/aHyNHMV3lnue137zJxtqHSsBo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI6WLSGT7Y3ET7ADQ&Expires=1364576377&Signature=E6BaEeBwJahY%2BQRroAhSaufqt%2Fk%3D#_=_

Hazelton – Kline (1957)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fl8jz3_9bWc/Tw5PI39oQQI/AAAAAAAAAos/22zgb7TBat0/s1600/franz-kline-hazelton.jpg

Black, White, and Gray – Kline (1959)

http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ma/web-large/SF59.165.jpg

Black Reflections – Kline (1959)

http://www.friendsofart.net/static/images/art3/franz-kline-black-reflections.jpg

How Abstract Expressionism Influenced Other Art Movements

Pop Art

Neo-Expressionism

Cecily Brown

(Ellsworth Kelly, The Meschers, 1951)

Post-Painterly Abstraction

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=pop+art&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=PPDQdneg5lt8fM&tbnid=D8Iwy4KvagHWpM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/popart.html&ei=ps1gUau4Gebr0gH1vYGgCQ&bvm=bv.44770516,d.dmg&psig=AFQjCNGy8Cs11GkS6k8rOR4VhyiQYLedeQ&ust=1365384981273993

http://www.keywordy.net/arts/art-movements/neo-expressionism.aspx

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=cecily+brown&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4Ja1EITY0CUAeM&tbnid=TY26wyIX2pUOzM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://nataliaswrobel.blogspot.com/2012/11/wonderful-interview-of-one-of-my.html&ei=Es9gUbaCEIiy0QHj9IHAAQ&psig=AFQjCNE9o3Z8_wVUp52xtwWxfzpXH4S2vA&ust=1365385343038607

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=post+painterly+abstraction+paintings+by+ellsworth+kelly&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=4VWj6-mPe2LRUM&tbnid=72pKvEvqoUNOfM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/arh-mid-term/deck/3221604&ei=xc9gUaKIKaXj0gHW7YHYAQ&psig=AFQjCNHk1KRBVj1_bznyKZj8ZzYPtunnnA&ust=1365385538321446

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