Paintings with a more abstract, yet still definable object Paintings that were purely abstract Piet Mondrian's "Farm Near Duivendrecht" is an example of representational painting.

Books & the Arts December 16, 2009 The Resistance of Painting: On Abstraction To speak of a movement of abstractionists would be a contradiction in terms, like speaking of a church of atheists.

This exhibition explores the history of abstract painting, and its ties to the future. Beginning around the time of abstract painting’s birth, it presents abstraction’s rise, the trends that ...

Before artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning shot to fame, Janet Sobel was gaining ground as an important abstract painter — but largely disappeared from the art world.

That’s enough to make art snobs flip. A famous abstract painting by the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in museums for more than 75 years — after it was first displayed ...

Artnet’s second auction dedicated to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting opened today. Curated by Dakota Sica, an avid collector and partner at New York’s Leslie Feely Gallery, the ...

Fred Schwaller 04/08/2025 Researchers studying people's brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently.

So the installments of “Abstract: The Art of Design” Season 2 that feel the most well-rounded and illustrative offer something beyond an individual’s achievements.