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☆☆☆☆☆Abstract art has been painted (or drawn or done in graphic techniques) by thousands of artists in the 20th century and still today. Jackson Pollock has painted really good ones. Abstract art is also painted by Pablo Picasso. It IS done today by people all over the world.
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Pablo Picasso was not an abstract artist, he was a cubist. Cubism represents "abstracted" objects from reality and abstract art does not depict any ties to worldly objects, figures or scenes. Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian created the first purely abstract works in the early 20th century.
The French Revolution
Underpainting.
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun was the official portrait painter of Marie Antoinette.
The members of the French Royal Academy gave the lowest rankings to Dutch portraits and still-lifes. The members of the French Royal Academy gave the lowest rankings to the classical art.
Chardin rejected the tendencies of artists associated with the Rococo movement.
Chiaroscuro
The works of Poussin and Lorrain exemplified the use of heroic landscapes.
Charles Le Brun the classical heroic and dramatic style exemplified by this painting was typical of paintings approved by the king of the Palace of Versailles.
Delicate APEX
The textures and shades of everyday objects.
