Abstract Art

Fauvism: Origins, Artists, Colour and Abstract Art

Fauvism: Origins, Artists, Colour and Abstract Art

Explore Fauvism through Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck, from the 1905 Salon d’Automne and Collioure to colour’s role in modern abstraction.

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Fauvism: Origins, Artists, Colour and Abstract Art

Explore Fauvism through Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck, from the 1905 Salon d’Automne and Collioure to colour’s role in modern abstraction.

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What Was the First Abstract Artwork?

What Was the First Abstract Artwork?

Compare Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, Kupka and Malevich—and discover why creation date, public exhibition and historical influence produce different answers.

What Was the First Abstract Artwork?

Compare Hilma af Klint, Kandinsky, Kupka and Malevich—and discover why creation date, public exhibition and historical influence produce different answers.

Lyrical Abstraction: Origins, Artists and Techniques

Lyrical Abstraction: Origins, Artists and Techn...

Understand lyrical abstraction through its postwar origins, key European artists, techniques and dialogue with American Abstract Expressionism.

Lyrical Abstraction: Origins, Artists and Techn...

Understand lyrical abstraction through its postwar origins, key European artists, techniques and dialogue with American Abstract Expressionism.

Op Art: Perception, Illusion and the Art of Seeing

Op Art: Perception, Illusion and the Art of Seeing

How Op Art uses geometry, contrast and colour to make still images move, from Vasarely and Riley to Soto and Anuszkiewicz.

Op Art: Perception, Illusion and the Art of Seeing

How Op Art uses geometry, contrast and colour to make still images move, from Vasarely and Riley to Soto and Anuszkiewicz.

Surrealism and Abstract Art: An Odyssey Through the Imagination

Surrealism and Abstract Art: An Odyssey Through...

Understand how Surrealism and abstract art differ, intersect and transformed modern art—from Breton and automatism to Dalí, Magritte, Miró and Pollock.

Surrealism and Abstract Art: An Odyssey Through...

Understand how Surrealism and abstract art differ, intersect and transformed modern art—from Breton and automatism to Dalí, Magritte, Miró and Pollock.

Geometric Abstraction: Exploring the Geometry of the Imagination

Geometric Abstraction: Exploring the Geometry o...

A clear guide to geometric abstraction, from Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian to Albers, Op Art, Minimalism and close looking.

Geometric Abstraction: Exploring the Geometry o...

A clear guide to geometric abstraction, from Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian to Albers, Op Art, Minimalism and close looking.