Abstract art is an effort to produce visual shape of color that does not reference anything in the real world. Abstract artists came on about after the mid nineteenth century and you could say that it was a response to the logic of perspective that dominated western art since the renaissance. The popularity of abstract art is because of its enigmatic nature and the fact that it is open to interpretation and lends itself to many modes of presentation with no liming; one reason.
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Williamson Jackson
I love abstract art because it makes me think of all sorts of things and it gives off a sense of complexity and deep thought. I find abstract paintings beautiful and soothing to have around you and I find that I’m a calmer and gentler person in my home now. The peace and serenity in them is amazing and I just can’t get enough.
Today there are more than two thousand popular painting studios around the US and almost all offer courses or insight into abstract paintings. The sheer flexibility of it to lend itself to varying degrees and styles of representation makes it so that every person’s abstract paintings become unique in their own way. The possibilities are literally unlimited and we have seen the art form travel traditional modes such as painting and digital ones as well. It truly is omnipresent.
Abstraction covers a range of different cultures and eras from China to Europe and America. In Chinese art it can be traced to the Tang dynasty and painter Wang Mo who is largely believed to be the inventor of that splash style of painting that is so common in abstract art and you and many other people have probably used it as your wallpaper at some point smiley face. Zhu Derun is another Chinese artist believed to have been a believer and practitioner of abstract art. Imagine the grayish Chinese paper and black and pale colors in abstract form. It really stirs up emotions and makes one amazed at how these things can convey a sense of beauty and fascination. After China we come to the nineteenth century Europe where patronage of the church of the art of painting was important in the development of abstract style of painting and representation of one’s self and believes in the cosmos.
The church was an agent of suppression of private patronage but in the nineteenth century things were changing and private and public patrons were demanding more new and creative stuff from those who were blessed with their financial support or other kinds of sponsorship. James McNiell’s Nuctorne in Black and Gold is a great example of the kind of product one could expect from this era. Its depiction of a sky and a beach at night with a girl is what I make out from it.
