Abstract art has roots in the late 19th century and reached ascendance in the late 40’s – 50’s. Philip Pavia (sculptor), one of the leaders of “the Club” and his publication It is was seminal in the ...

The pioneers of abstraction—the Cubists, the Abstract Expressionists, the Minimalists—emerged from firm and identifiable aesthetic roots and developed their own philosophies. In the competitive ...

A central figure among the abstract expressionists who emerged in New York in the late 1940s, Mark Rothko brought a new sense of drama into abstract art. In his large floating rectangles of color, ...

Richard Pousette-Dart, “Center of Being IV (Original Black Circle)” (1979), etching, plate: 17 13/16 x 23 3/4 inches, sheet: 21 15/16 x 28 inches (all images courtesy Del Deo & Barzune) A member of ...

Hope springs from the lavish layers of quick, thick, colorful oil brushstrokes, circles embodying a deep regard for eternal life that’s interconnected with a passion for Native American culture and an ...

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Korean abstract master Kim Whanki (1913-1974) was already a well-established artist in South Korea when he moved to New York at the age of 50. A relentless innovator in his ...

It is hard to tell if abstract painting actually got worse [after the 1960s], if it merely stagnated, or if it simply looked bad in comparison to the hopes its own accomplishments had raised. —Frank ...

Betty Blayton, Frank Bowling, Ed Clark, Herbert Gentry, Bill Hutson, Sam Middleton, Joe Overstreet, Thomas Sills, Merton Simpson and Frank Wimberley There is a concurrent exhibition at the Wilmer ...

Art museums in Los Angeles currently overflow with first-rate exhibitions. An unusually strong array of well-organized solo and thematic shows covering a variety of art has made the first months of ...