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Franz Kline 1910-1962 American Abstract Expressionist 'Action Painter' Stylistically influenced by the following painters and movements - Symbolism, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Japanese art Education - he studied art at Boston University, and later at Heatherley's School in London, England Cause of Death - Heart Attack
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Franz Kline Quotations "You paint the way you have to in order to give. That's life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has noting to do with knowing, it has to do with giving." -- Franz Kline "If you're a painter, you're not alone. There's no way
to be alone." -- Franz Kline "I paint the white as well as the black and the white is just as important." -- Franz Kline The
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| Russian artist
Wassily
Kandinsky is considered as the father of abstract art. In 1910
he exhibited the first totally abstract painting - a mysterious
and sensual watercolor.
Abstract art is based upon the idea that the spiritual and emotional
aspect of art must be unchained from the figurative form. The
movement was a rebellion against overwrought portraiture and trite
historical themes. The artists dissociated themselves from
representational art and emphasized emotional colors, non-objective
forms, structure and composition. Abstractionists painted for themselves
creating art for arts sake. They worked only from an inner vision and
applied paint in a loose, vigorous manner creating beautiful
intellectual poems. According to Kandinsky, "Construction on
a purely abstract basis is a slow business, and at first seemingly blind
and aimless. The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul,
so that he can test colours for themselves and not only by external
impressions." Abstract Expressionism is a movement that grew
out of the abstract style, originating in the United States in after
World War II. Painters created vivid art-works in many diverse styles,
using a variety of mediums. They emphasized uninhibited personal
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| Key terms associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement - non-objective, modernism, non representational art, action painting, automatism, individualism, unconscious determinants, contemporary, colour navigation, avant-garde, emotionalism, post-modernism, art concrete, psychoanalysis, inner psyche | ||||
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Major Painters of the Abstract Expressionist Movement
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