The History of Abstract Art
- By admin admin
- Sep 30, 2016
Although abstract art has arguably always been around, what we think of as abstract art arose at the end of the 19th century. Artists like James Whistler created paintings that were geared towards creating a visual impact, and were less concerned with accurately depicting an object. In England, JMW Turner captured the industrial revolution by painting pictures of trains that obscured the landscape and instead created an atmosphere of action and rapid movement.
