Modern and Contemporary Abstract Art

The history of painting is quite long, the art of applying various substances to different surfaces dates back to prehistoric times. Previous centuries became the period of development of the major artistic styles, like abstract, expressionism, impressionism, and others. Paintings of today have inherited a number of styles, techniques characteristic to those schools and movements.

Modern and contemporary abstract art is the style the roots of which date back to the earlier times. This artistic style is based on several distinct styles. The development of abstraction became crucial event in the history of such country as Russia. It is needed to mention K. Malevich who called his approach to abstraction suprematism; and A. Rodchenko and El Lissitzky were known as constructivists. Such style as neoplasticism originated under the influence of cubism. Piet Mondrian, the inventor of the style, also gave impetus to the development of geometric abstraction in the U.S. in the 1930s.

In 1913 when American artists found out about avant-garde European styles with the help of international art exhibition held in New York City. Synchronism style appeared, an abstract style emphasizing color rhythms, and precisionism. The style incorporated cubism's flattening of objects and pictorial space. The most well-known artists of the style are Arthur Dove, Charles Sheeler, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella and others.

The post World War II period is associated with new styles development: abstract expressionism, op and pop art, photorealism, and minimalism. Abstract art obtained a new movement, abstract expressionism, which centered in New York. There were artists that favored surrealist automatism, while others became known for such technique as dripping colors over large canvases. In the 1960s some painters continued in abstraction. Op art appeared which relied on producing generally abstract optical illusions for its effect. Abstraction impacted also such style as new realistic painting. After that the development of the style moved toward a more impersonal, rigorous formal purity.

Modern and contemporary abstract art comprises a number of styles and artists and their artworks. The advent of the Internet provided contemporary abstract artists with an opportunity to exhibit their works virtually and millions of viewers got such possibility to visit online galleries on everyday basis.

Contemporary abstract artwork has it's own features, it is formed both under the impact of previous styles and innovative trends also. To view and/or obtain the samples of contemporary abstract artwork keep on browsing klinkov.com website which contains V. Klinkov artist artworks.