{"id":226492,"date":"2025-07-25T07:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/artnews\/articles\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:57:04","slug":"presentation-of-the-movements-abstraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/en\/artnews\/articles\/presentation-of-the-movements-abstraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of the Movements \u2013 Abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The beginning of the abstract art adventure<\/a> was recorded in 1910. This date refers to a watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky<\/strong> (1866-1944). It <\/span>is considered to be<\/span> his first abstract watercolor. A hypothesis is made about the intended use or the <\/span>subsequent<\/span> decision to create an oil on canvas from this sketch.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled, 1913, graphite, India ink and watercolor on paper, 49.6 x 64.8 cm <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, oil on canvas, 1913, Moscow, Tretyakov Gallery <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

<\/span> <\/span>The Development of Principles<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Like any artistic innovation, such a change in style is only possible through a slow and deliberate evolution, influenced by <\/span>previous<\/span> revolutions. In the case of abstraction, it was Fauvism<\/strong><\/a> and Cubism<\/strong><\/a> that allowed the development of these forms without narrative representation. Abstract artists, before finding their path to fulfillment, also, in most cases, began with a figurative approach.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n

This time, geometric or stylized forms are an end in themselves and are not subordinate to other elements. This is abstraction for Abstraction’s sake<\/strong>.<\/span> <\/span>Moreover, the early 20th century was a time of great scientific discoveries, such as Albert Einstein’s (1879-1955) theory of relativity and quantum physics. The latter was developed with the help of several great physicists, including Max Planck<\/a> (1858-1947) and Albert Einstein.<\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n

These major achievements <\/span>demonstrate<\/span> the extent of what we lack knowledge about. They give concrete <\/span>expression<\/span> to the quotes of the philosophers <\/span>Confucius <\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>True knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <\/span>Socrates <\/span>:<\/span> \u201c<\/span><\/strong><\/span>The first knowledge is the knowledge of one’s ignorance: this is the beginning of intelligence<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> Thus, each Abstractionist artist has their own visions of the abstract. Each viewer can see in them a reflection of their ideologies or <\/span>history, or<\/span> adhere to the vision of the artist who conceived the work. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Founding Fathers<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n