Characteristics of abstract painting

1. Abstract painting is an abstract combination of the basic elements of art, and then creates an abstract form, which opens up a new world for the development of art, breaks through the barrier that art must have recognizable images, and completely breaks the original limitation of emphasizing realistic reproduction of themes. This is a very prominent phenomenon in modern art.

2. Abstract painting is a specific genre concept and artistic trend of thought in western modern art, which describes the real theme in a simplified but primitive and natural way. Its art can be divided into two types: one is abstract, not based on natural images, but composed of pure creative forms; One is abstracted from the natural image, forming an abstract artistic image which has certain connection with the natural image.

3. Abstract painting is a relative concept of figurative painting, which has experienced a long evolution. It is a painting in which people abandon the superficial factors of things and extract the essential factors in cognitive thinking activities, which has little or no similarity with natural objects, but has a strong formal composition.