Famous Abstract Artists and their Famous Works

These two abstract artists, among many others, have indeed made waves in the art world, especially in the field of abstraction by taking on different abstract styles. Pablo Picasso, together with Georges Braque, whose famous works include “Candlesticks and Playing Cards”, was the leader of the Cubist era, which started in 1908 in Paris, France. Cubism, which is considered to be a more contemporary art movement reached its peak in 1914 and went on until the 1920's. Other famous abstract painters from this era include Roger de la Fresnaye, Fernand Leger and Francis Picabia.

Meanwhile, Jackson Pollock became a famous abstract expressionism artist through his action painting. He created his abstract masterpieces by dripping and pouring paint onto the canvas, showing spontaneity, characteristic to this type of abstraction. Apart from Pollock, there were other famous abstract expressionists including color field painter, Mark Rothko. Unlike Pollock, Rothko's style focuses more on colors and shapes.

Another famous abstract artist is Piet Mondrian, one of the two main painters of the Neoplasticism movement the other being Theo van Doesburg. The underlying principle of this abstract style, which became popular in the 1910's is that the vertical and horizontal lines and the primary colors being the only absolutes of life. As such, Piet Mondrian as well as other neoplasticist artists only used planar elements, as well as the colors red, yellow and blue. In fact, one of Piet Mondrian's popular masterpieces is entitled, “Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue.”