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Page 1: 10 Most Famous Abstract Artists

10 Most Famous Abstract Artists

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Abstract art depict those elementswhich don’t have a physicalexistence in the natural world. Beit paintings or sculptures, abstractart is a child of an artist’simagination and don’t portray anindividual, thing or place of thematerialistic world.

Introduction to Abstract Art

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Pollock is considered as the faceof Abstract Expressionism andhis signature drip abstractpaintings shot him to fame. Heearned various laurels and wenton to be considered as thegreatest painter of the UnitedStates.

Jackson Pollock

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A designer and key member ofthe Constructivist movement,Popova art drew stronginspiration from shapes andfigures. In her opinion, herartworks are constructionswhich are beautified withcolour and line.

Lyubov Popova

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A figurative painter until1913, Kandinsky contributedsignificantly in pushing theconcept of abstraction. Hehad great levels of belief onthe concept of colour and wasof the opinion that it held thecapacity to get separatedfrom all external referencesand become the subjectmatter of the artwork.

Vasily Kandinsky

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Considered as the person wholiberated abstract paintings,Malevich is known as a forerunnerin the domain of geometric abstractart. A devout of Christianity, hebelieved that the sole focus ofevery artist should be to render aspiritual sense. His style was quiteunique in itself and it includedcoloured geometrical shapes whichwere painted on a blank whitebackground.

Kazimir Malevich

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It won’t be wrong to say thatMondrian is considered synonymouswith Modern art. He has madevarious abstract paintings, but theone with geometric compositions ofbold and perpendicular lines isknown to be his finest creations.

Piet Mondrian

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If there is a name in the genre ofminimal art, then it has to bethat of Agnes Martin. AnAmerican abstract painter, sheconsidered herself to be anabstract expressionist. For herexceptional contribution to theworld of art, she was awardedcertain prestigious titles as well.

Agnes Martin

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Kelly brought in a new wave ofstyle with his unique bright,multi-panelled canvases whichwere very different from thecreations of artists of that era.However, his work attracted a lotof critical acclamation fornumerous reasons.

Ellsworth Kelly

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Wool is famous for his paintingswhich incorporate large blackstencilled letters on the surface ofwhite canvases. Word paintingscaught his attention after hewitnessed the beauty of graffition a new white coloured truck.

Christopher Wool

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Considered as a lyrical abstractionist,Gilliam developed a unique form ofabstract paintings from the genre ofcolour field paintings. He is known forworking on stretched and wrappedcanvas while adding 3D elements tothe same.

Sam Gilliam

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An Americana artist who is generallydescribed as a minimalist, Marden’swork is hard to classify. Undeniably,the style of this artist is too varied tojot down. However, material andprocess are two aspects which havealways caught his fancy.

Brice Marden

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