Among the leading painters of post-World War II Abstract Expressionist movement, Franz Kline developed his own highly personal form of art based more on \"spontaneous expression in abstract design of the artist\'s psychic states.\"1 Abstract expressionism saw representation as the exact opposite of...

Abstract In July 1937, Adolph Hitler\'s Nazi party mounted an exhibition of confiscated art called, \"Entartete Kunst,\" meaning, \"Degenerate Art.\" It showcased and ridiculed the work of contemporary artists such as Max Beckman, Emil Nolde, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, and over 200 others. This pape...

Romare Bearden is among the greatest artists of his generation. His complex and powerful works represent the places where he lived and worked: the rural North Carolina, the urban area of the northern cities (primarily Pittsburgh and New York\'s Harlem), and the Caribbean island of St. Martin. Religi...

Our ancestors first sought to understand themselves and their surroundings through the invention of myths and the worshipping of gods. The Greeks, for example, created gods like Athena and Aries to explain the concept of wisdom and war respectively. I would like to think, contrary to common thought...

German Expressionism was a movement that rebelled against the tradition of Realism, both in subject matter and style. It applied to an artistic movement that lead German Avant-Garde painting of the early 20th Century rule. Expressionist painting, which developed in reaction to the dormant ac...

\"My name is Marc. My emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent\" –Marc Chagall. I feel that art is subjective to the viewer\'s perspective. With that being said my perspective of Marc Chagall\'s art is that it is a feast for the eyes! I was immediately drawn ...

No two artists can alone be considered responsible for the modern art movement, but both Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and Claude Monet (1840-1926) led two very distinct groups of artists. Though their styles differ greatly, they are both equally responsible for helping to shape the direction paintin...