Abstract Expressionism 1940-1960

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Abstract Expressionism1940-1960

• By Stacy Greenberg, Eric Pressburg, Nick Abele,
  and Jackie Cheng,

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Wassily Kandinsky

• Born in Moscow, December 4, 1866
• Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich,
  Germany, from 1896 to 1900
• Started out with nature Paintings
• Around 1909 went to Paris and was impressed by
  the paintings and started to become an
  abstractionist.

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Franz Marc

• Born in Munich, Germany 1880
• Part of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) 1911
• Tower of the Blue Horses is his most famous
  painting

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Marsden Hartley

• Born in Lewiston Maine 1877
• Won a scholarship at the Cleveland School of Art
  1892
• Inspired by Kandinsky and marc he became an
  abstractionist and joined Der Blaue Reiter

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What is Abstract Expressionism?

• It is a modern art movement with roots in cubism
  and Surrealism.
• Its main focus was on what the artist was
  feeling and was often raw and impulsive yet
  beautiful.
• the canvas was not a picture, but an event.
  Maragaret Morse

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When and Where

• The art form itself started in Germany around
  1910-1920 but it really bloomed after the war.
• Abstract Expressionism became popular or well
  noticed around 1940s in New York.
• Right after World War 2 and with the insurgence
  of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jungs ideas on
  psychoanalysis.

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Why did this happen?

• The ideas were sparked by feelings after the war
  by both sides.
• Also, the psychoanalytical ideas of Sigmund Freud
  and Carl Jung were part of the base of the
  paintings.