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== Some history ==
 
== Some history ==
 
[[File:Cezanne Le lac dAnnecy.jpg|thumb|220px|Cézanne, Le lac d'Annecy, 1896.]]
 
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The roots of abstract art may be found in native cultures and later in some works of [[Romanticism]], [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]] and [[Expressionism]] Schools's artists. [[Paul Cézanne]]'s [[Post-Impressionism]] works, aimed to make a construction of reality based on an special view that  modulated colour in flat areas, became the basis of a new trend in visual art. He is often seen as anticipating cubist. ''Today's perception of abstract art dates back to 1910, when [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Georges Braque]] invented [[cubism]] which within half a decade, led to the pure abstract art created by [[Piet Mondrian]] and Russian styles such as constructivism and suprematism.'' [http://paintings.name/] [[Wassily Kandinsky]] is considered one of the fathers of abstract art. Around 1914 and 1915, [[Henri Matisse]], with expressive use of strong colors and free and imaginative drawing, comes very close to a pure abstraction idea as in ''The Yellow Curtain''.   
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The roots of abstract art may be found in native cultures and later in some works of [[Romanticism]], [[Impressionism]], [[Fauvism]] and [[Expressionism]] Schools's artists. [[Paul Cézanne]]'s [[Post-Impressionism]] works, aimed to make a construction of reality based on an special view that  modulated colour in flat areas, became the basis of a new trend in visual art. He is often seen as anticipating cubist. ''Today's perception of abstract art dates back to 1910, when [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Georges Braque]] invented [[cubism]] which within half a decade, led to the pure abstract art created by [[Piet Mondrian]] and Russian styles such as constructivism and suprematism.'' [http://paintings.name/] Russian-born French [[Wassily Kandinsky]] is considered one of the fathers of abstract art. Around 1914 and 1915, [[Henri Matisse]], with expressive use of strong colors and free and imaginative drawing, comes very close to a pure abstraction idea as in ''The Yellow Curtain''.   
 
   
 
   
 
Between 1910 and 1920, abstract art developed in America, Europe and Russia through the efforts of Cubists like Duchamp and Lipchitz, [[Dadaism|Dadaists]], Volticists and Futurists like Kasomir and [[Piet Mondrian]]. Artists experimented with an increased zeal, liberated in their creation from the conventional forms.  
 
Between 1910 and 1920, abstract art developed in America, Europe and Russia through the efforts of Cubists like Duchamp and Lipchitz, [[Dadaism|Dadaists]], Volticists and Futurists like Kasomir and [[Piet Mondrian]]. Artists experimented with an increased zeal, liberated in their creation from the conventional forms.  
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The principal abstract art movements were Cubism (notably France), Futurism (Italy), Vorticism (Britain), De Stijl (Netherlands), Rayonism, Constructivism, and Suprematism (Russia), Abstract Expressionism (USA) and Art Informel (Europe). [http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/abstract-art.htm]
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[[Pablo Picasso]] (1881 - 1973) not only revolutionized painting but also the art of sculpture in the early 20th century.  
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[[Pablo Picasso]] (1881 - 1973) not only revolutionized [[painting]] but also the art of [[sculpture]] in the early 20th century.  
    
Abstract sculpture may be exemplified in works by Julio González (1876 - 1942), Hans Arp (1887-1966), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), [[Joan Miró]] (1893 – 1983), Alexander Calder (1898-1976), [[Henry Moore]] (1898-1986), [[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) and Alexandra Wejchert (1921-1995).  
 
Abstract sculpture may be exemplified in works by Julio González (1876 - 1942), Hans Arp (1887-1966), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), [[Joan Miró]] (1893 – 1983), Alexander Calder (1898-1976), [[Henry Moore]] (1898-1986), [[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) and Alexandra Wejchert (1921-1995).  
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File:Gonzalez Woman with Hair in a Bun ca 1930.jpg|Julio González, Woman with Hair in a Bun ca 1930.
 
File:Gonzalez Woman with Hair in a Bun ca 1930.jpg|Julio González, Woman with Hair in a Bun ca 1930.
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File:Lee Lawrie Atlas.jpg|Lee Lawrie, Statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center, 1936.
 
File:MooreRecliningFigure.jpg|[[Henry Moore]], Reclining Figure, 1951.
 
File:MooreRecliningFigure.jpg|[[Henry Moore]], Reclining Figure, 1951.
 
File:Wright Free Form III 1998.jpg|Autin Wright, Free Form III, 1998.
 
File:Wright Free Form III 1998.jpg|Autin Wright, Free Form III, 1998.
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