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Abstract Art

Roots of Abstract Art

Question: Where was the Abstract Expressionist art movement started?
Answer: New York

Question: During what decade did the Abstract Expressionist art movement emerge?

Answer: 1940's

Question: Roots of the concept of Abstract Expressionism began previously with what art style?
Answer: German Expressionism

Question: Which artist was particularly influential in the concepts of Abstract Expressionism?

Answer: Wassily Kandinsky



Question: Why was the Abstract Expressionist art movement started in the U.S? (Need 2 reasons)
Answer: High quality of art schools in US
Artists fled Europe around the time of WWII because of Hitler
New York was the center of art at the time

About the Artists

Question: Who invented the "drip" technique?
Answer: Jackson Pollock

Question: Which Abstract Expressionist influenced the Op Art style?
Answer: Josef Albers

Question: The art of which Abstract Expressionist is said to reference Japanese calligraphy?
Answer: Franz Kline

Question: Which Abstract Expressionist painted large canvases with geometric areas of color washes to convey devotional peace and relaxation?
Answer: Mark Rothko

Question: Most modern architecture is said to be modeled after the artwork of which Abstract Expressionist?
Answer: Franz Kline

About the Artworks

Question: What is abstract art about?
Answer: What the artist feels and what mood they might want to portray

Question:

Why might the Abstract Expressionists name their artworkswith numbers or colors and not give descriptive titles to their artworks?


Answer: They didn't want the title to stifle the viewer's mind and imagination.

Question: Describe the colors used most often by Piet Mondrian.
Answer: Black, white, gray, red, blue, and yellow

Question: What was the inspiration for Piet Mondrian's Abstract Expressionist paintings?
Answer: Busy New York Streets

Question:

Which Abstract Expressionist created the theory of the"Push and Pull" of colors to break up the picture plane, with somecolors advancing forward in visual space and some receding?


Answer: Hans Hofmann


Art ID

Question: Who painted "No. 5"? A large drip painting.
Answer: Jackson Pollock

Question: Who created "Homage to the Square"?
Answer: Josef Albers

Question: Who painted "Woman III"?
Answer: Willem De Kooning

Question: Who painted “Painting Number 2”? (Black and white painting, looks like Japanese calligraphy)
Answer: Franz Kline

Question: Who painted “Orange and Tan”? (Large canvas with orange and tan rectangles)
Answer: Mark Rothko

More about Abstract Art

Question: True or False. Abstract Expressionists often evoked feelings and emotions in their artworks through the formal elements of design.

Answer: TRUE

Question: Robert Rauschenberg was a student of which Abstract Expressionist?
Answer: Josef Albers

Question: How has Abstract Expressionism influenced the future of art?
Answer: Allowed people to paint what they felt and make their work mean something to them

Question: The Abstract Expressionists usually fall within one of two categories of painting. What are those two categories?
Answer: Action Painters and Color Field Painters

Question: How is Pop Art different from Abstract Expressionism?
Answer: Abstract Expressionism was more serious than Pop Art. Pop Artists created images that were instantly recognized, whereas Abstract Expressionists tried hard not to represent anything at all.