Abstract Realism

 Abstract Realism is a real Art form that is a union of two contradictory

terms, Abstract art and Realistic art. Abstract art exists through patterns,
colors, texture and line without the need for an external motivation. Realistic art
consists of art that aims to replicate nature such as Photography.
 Abstract Realism is difficult to explain because of the infusion of two distinct
styles of art.  Abstract art does not attempt to depict real objects while Realistic
art aims to create realistic interpretations of real objects.
 The goal of abstract realism involves using abstract painting techniques to
slightly distort a real object. Artists take an image and distort it through
impressionist, surrealistic and expressionist techniques to make the
painting recognizable but somewhat blurred and distorted.

Famous Abstract Realism Artists and their Works

 Paul Jackson Pollock
 Franz Kline

Paul Jackson Pollock

 Paul Jackson Pollock was an
American painter and a major
figure in the abstract expressionist
movement. He was widely noticed
for his "drip technique" of pouring
or splashing liquid household paint
onto a horizontal surface, enabling
him to view and paint his canvases
from all angles.

Summertime: Number 9A (1948)

 This painting is called
Summertime: Number 9A. It was
painted in 1948 at a happy time in
Jackson Pollock’s life when he had
just moved to a farmhouse in the
countryside with his wife.
 Yellow Islands
 Yellow Islands  is a large oil
painting on a rectangular,
horizontally oriented canvas. The
abstract patterns within the
composition were achieved by
pouring the paint in layers onto an
unprimed beige canvas, the
surface of which remains partially
visible in places.