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- 2. What is it?Startedin New York City during the mid 1940’sApplied paint rapidly to huge canvasesLooks as if accidental but is highly plannedNo effort to show subjectDrew from Surrealist methods of unconscious generation of ideasExpressive method of painting was as important as painting itself
- 3. Types of PaintingsTwodifferent types of paintingsAction painting and Color field paintingAction Painting
- 4. Wanted to showtexture in the paint
- 5. Showing movement ofthe artists hand
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- 7. Concerned with colorand shape
- 8. Wanted to createpeaceful and spiritual paintings
- 9. No representative subjectmatterAction Painting TechniquesUsed large brushes & dribbled or splashed paint onto canvasUsed Large CanvasesWanted to achieve spontaneous effectVigorous, sweeping brushstrokes to show emotionWork placed emphasis on painting process itself rather than the finished pieceNo representative subject matterBelieved spontaneity could be drawn from unconscious mind (Surrealism)
- 10. Jackson PollockBegan tostudy paint in 1929 at the Arts Students’ LeagueFixed canvas on floor or wallDripped or splashed paint onto the canvasManipulated canvas with sticks, knives or towelsUsed Surrealist methods, generating ideas and creativity through the unconscious mind.
- 11. Jackson Pollock, Guardiansof the Secret(1943)
- 12. Jackson Pollock, Blue(Moby Dick) (1943)
- 13. Jackson Pollock, LavenderMist: Number 1 (1959)
- 14. Jackson Pollock, BluePoles: Number II (1952)
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- 16. Willem de KooningStudiedart from 1916 until 1924 at Rotterdam Academy of ArtsMoved to U.S. shortly after where he worked as a painter and carpenterDevoted himself entirely to painting in 1935Started first “Woman” paintings in 1950Did abstract landscapes from 1957-1961
- 17. Willem de Kooning,Asheville (1948)
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- 19. Willem de Kooning,Woman and Bicycle, (1953)
- 20. Willem de Kooning,Woman I (1952)
- 21. Willem de Kooning,Woman V (1953)
- 22. Arshile GorkyNo formaltraining, studied the work of Cezanne, Picasso and MiróInfluenced by Surrealist ideas and Surrealist paintersMoved to America by 1920 and had his first solo art showing in 1931Successive tragedy; studio burning down and destroying work, surgery, car accident; led to his suicide in 1948Tragedies had effect on work
- 23. Arshile Gorky, TheArtist and His Mother (1936)
- 24. Arshile Gorky, TheLiver is the Cock’s Comb (1944)
- 25. Color Field PaintingtechniquesBroad areas of low contrast color on shallow picture planeSolid areas of color cover entire paintingInterested in effects of vast color filling the canvas “beyond infinity”Paintings are very largeMeant to be seen up close so viewer is immersed in color environment.Used color to create different effects on canvas
- 26. Mark RothkoVisited ArtsStudents League of New York where he began art career.Instructed by Arshile GorkyInfluenced by ClyffordStill1928 had own showing with other young artists
- 27. Mark Rothko, Untitled(1949)
- 28. Mark Rothko, No.61: Rust and Blue (1953)
- 29. Mark Rothko, UntitledOrange and Yellow (1956)
- 30. Mark Rothko, Redon Maroon (1959)
- 31. ClyffordStillFirst solo showin San Francisco Museum of ArtTaught at California School of Fine ArtsWorked with Mark RothkoStayed away from the influences of SurrealismDidn’t give names to his paintings to prevent any association with a specific subject
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- 35. ClyffordStill, Number 2(1949)
- 36. What You ShouldKnowAction painting and Color Field paintingArtists were influenced by Surrealist principle of developing unconscious ideasPaint applied by rapidly with force using wide brushes, splattering, or dripping onto huge canvasesUsed wide sweeping brush strokes—easy to follow hand movementSpontaneous look was highly plannedUsed color to show texture and other effects on canvas