American Abstract Artists was founded in 1937 in New York City, to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art. American Abstract Artists exhibitions, publications, and lectures helped to
Irene Rice Pereira with a painting, 1938. I. Rice Pereira was an early member of American Abstract Artists.
José Ruiz de Rivera, 1937. The sculptor was an early American Abstract Artists member.
Paul Kelpe, Untitled, From the Williamsburg Housing Project Murals, 1938. Brooklyn Museum (L1990.1.3). Paul Kelpe was a founding member of American Abstract Artists.
Marsden Hartley (American, 1877–1943). Painting No. 48, 1913. Brooklyn Museum
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color, and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstract art, non-figurativ
American Abstract Artists
…American Abstract Artists (AAA) was founded in 1937 in New York City, to promote and foster public understanding of abstract art. American Abstract Artists exhibitions, publications, and lectures helped to establish the organization as a major forum for the exchange and discussion…
Robert Delaunay, 1912–13, Le Premier Disque, 134 cm (52.7 in.), private collection
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts
Francis Picabia, c. 1909, Caoutchouc, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
František Kupka, Amorpha, Fugue en deux couleurs (Fugue in Two Colors), 1912, oil on canvas, 210 × 200 cm, Narodni Galerie, Prague. Published in Au Salon d'Automne "Les Indépendants" 1912, Exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne, Paris.