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Geometric abstraction is present among many cultures throughout history both as decorative motifs and as art pieces themselves. Islamic art, in its prohibition of depicting religious figures, is a prime example of this geometric pattern-based art, which existed centuries before the movement in Europe and in many ways influenced this Western school.
Vivian Springford (1913–2003) was an American painter and assemblage artist active in the second half of the 20th century. Springford's abstract paintings and collages are best known for their focus on using color to express captivating patterns and phenomena found in nature as well as from Chinese Calligraphy and Eastern forms of thought such as Taoism and Confucianism.
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. [1] Abstract art , non-figurative art , non-objective art , and non-representational art are all closely related terms.
Doodle by Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, c. 1795. A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines or shapes, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a scribble.
The overlapping composition becomes almost abstract and not easily recognizable at first glance. [2] Mike North stated that in this picture "soft focus and composition clearly collude to dilute the referential just enough to make four bowls into a work of art".
Frank Big Bear is a Native American artist born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Band. [1] [2] As a multimedia Native artist, Big Bear is known for his colorful, abstract display through his drawings, paintings, and photo collages that address various messages about Big Bear's livelihood and worldly perception.
June Leaf was born on August 4, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, to Ruth (Ettleson) Leaf and Phillip Leaf. [1] [2] She studied ballet and did some modeling, [1] then was enrolled for three months between 1947 and 1948 at the Institute of Design (formerly known as the New Bauhaus), [3] taking classes with artist Hugo Weber.
Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia, on April 25, 1928. Twombly's father, also nicknamed "Cy", pitched for the Chicago White Sox. [7] They were both nicknamed after the baseball great Cy Young, who pitched for, among others, the Cardinals, Red Sox, Indians, and Braves.