I really really like European Abstraction! Each composition features not only some great recognizable techniques, but a really interesting management of shapes and colour. We can easily find a relation between Der Blaue Reiter we saw on Expressionism in some European Abstraction works, specially because of the composition of the colours and the overall atmosphere created by the paintings. I think that European Abstraction paintings are actually really entertaining to watch!
As in Der Blaue Reiter, I have some chosen favourites in European Abstraction:
In my opinion, the Russian Wassily Kandinsky is by far the most creative of all. His paintings are not only harmonious, bur energetic and really attractive to the eye -I actually set one of his compositions as a wallpaper for my computer-.
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| A great Kandinsky's! |
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| We can easily observe Der Blau Reiter influence on this Kandinsky |
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| My favourite Kandinsky's |
Hilma af Klint's compostions are really beautiful and subtle. I really like the shapes and colours she uses (they are surely really feminine, but powerful); I would definitely like some of her designs on my bedroom's walls!
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| Hilma af Klint's paintings |
Sonia Delaunay's fashion and car designs are something I wasn't really expecting! I guess it is because fashion and car designs are not usually considered a proper form of art. However, I really liked them, I found them ridiculous but somehow charming!
Kupka's abstract paintings are also subtle and charming! They look vulnerable, tranquil: they bring me peace!
Picabia's 'Lausanne Abstract' immediately reminded me of the drawings shown on 'Le Petit Prince' and in 'Madeline', and Baumeister's 'Kosmische Geste' seems to me a less cheerful Miró painting:
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| 'Lausanne Abstract' |
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| 'Le Petit Prince' |
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| 'Komische Geste' |
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| Miró's painting |
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