Drawing

David's Collection

Vocabulary: Abstract

Abstract

Definition Art that intentionally contains a represental version, however modified, of an existing form or fragments of forms taken from the real world.
Artist Gearges Braque
Title Le Portugais (The Portuguese Man)
Date 1911
Medium Oil on Canvas
Location Kunst Museum, Basel
Source 30,000 Years of Art; Phaidon Publications; ISBN: 978-0-7148-4789-4
Example
Comments This is an abstract painting of a guitar player at a night club. The guitar is probably the most recognized fragment, and then then a spotlight and bar name can be seen.