What is abstract painting?

Abstract painting is a kind of painting that has little or no similarity with natural objects, but has a strong form.

Abstract art is generally understood as an art that does not describe the natural world, but is expressed in a subjective way through shapes and colors. In the early 20th century, abstract art mainly refers to the art of expressing the natural world, such as cubism and futurism. Although it needs the constant internal quality of something, it is not by imitating its external performance.

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Abstract painting generally refers to the painting style that tried to break away from imitating nature in the 20th century. It includes many schools, not the name of a certain school, and its formation has undergone a long-term evolution. However, no matter which school, its similarity lies in trying to break the traditional concept that painting must imitate nature.

Before the concept of western abstract art was introduced to China, the word "abstract" never appeared in the written records of China history. The Chinese translation of the word "abstract" came from Japan.

People can understand paintings without themes, but paintings without emotions may be difficult to understand. Throughout the ages, the artistic expression of emotion has been unanimously recognized by almost all abstract painters and repeatedly emphasized by western expressionist theorists. Here, the concept of subversion emphasizes that abstract art does not need personal feelings, and its theoretical basis is reception aesthetics.

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