American PaintersStyle & Techniques

Wednesday, January 15, 14

Jasper JohnsFlag, 1954–55

Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood

Inspired by a dream of the American flag

Used images from pop culture as a subject matter

Jasper Johns was very important within the Pop-Art movement

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/hd_john.htmhttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78805

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What is Collage?

HTTP://WWW.THECOOLIST.COM/SERGE-MENDZHIYSKOGO-COLLAGE-PHOTOGRAPHY/

PIECES OF PAPER

Wednesday, January 15, 14

JACKSON POLLOCK

Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist),1950, National Gallery of Art, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1976.37.1

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HTTP://WWW.NGA.GOV/FEATURE/POLLOCK/PAINTING1.SHTM

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Georgia O'KeeffeMUSIC, PINK & BLUE NO.2

1918ABSTRACT ARTIST

PAINTED MOSTLY FLOWERSCOLORS AND SHAPES ARE STRONGER THAN WORDS

HTTP://WHITNEY.ORG/WATCHANDLISTEN/AUDIOGUIDES?PLAY_ID=839

HTTP://BIGTHINK.COM/PICTURE-THIS/ABSTRACT-THOUGHTS-GEORGIA-OKEEFFE-ABSTRACTION-AT-THE-PHILLIPS-COLLECTION

HTTP://WWW.LUNETTE.COM/BLOG/2011/11/FERTILE-WOMEN-CALL-GEORGIA-OKEEFFES-PAINTINGS-EROTIC/

Evening Star, No. III

1917

Medium:Watercolor on paper mounted on boardDimensions:8 7/8 x 11 7/8" (22.7 x 30.4 cm)

HTTP://WWW.MOMA.ORG/COLLECTION/OBJECT.PHP?OBJECT_ID=33828

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Andy WarholCampbell's Soup Cans

Date:1962Medium:Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvasesDimensions:Each canvas 20 x 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

POP ART32 SOUP CANS

REPETITIONSILK SCREEN

IRONYHTTP://WWW.MOMA.ORG/COLLECTION/OBJECT.PHP?OBJECT_ID=79809

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Josef AlbersHomage to the Square: Soft Spoken, 1969

Josef Albers (American, born Germany, 1888–1976)

Oil on Masonite; 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)

Gift of the artist, 1972 (1972.40.7)

Solid SquaresGeometrySpacial and Color Relationships

HTTP://WWW.METMUSEUM.ORG/TOAH/WORKS-OF-ART/1972.40.7

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