ABSTRACT OR

NON-OBJECTIVE
ART
CHAPTER 3:
LESSON 4
Non-objective art is a type of abstract or non-representational art. It tends to be
geometric and does not represent specific objects, people, or other subjects found
in the natural world.

One of the best-known non-objective artists is Wassily Kandinsky. Though

paintings like his are most common, this style can be used in other media as well.

Non-objective art takes non-representational to another level. Most of the time it

includes geometric shapes in flat planes to create simple and clean compositions.
Many people use the term "pure" to describe it.
Non-objective art can go by many names, including concrete art, geometric
abstraction, and minimalism. However, minimalism can be used in other contexts
as well.

The term non-objective art was first used by the Russian Constructivist artist
Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) in the titles of some of his pictures (eg. Non-
Objective Painting: Black on Black 1918, MoMA, New York). It was then taken up by
others, such as his compatriot Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935) - the inventor of
Suprematism - who wrote (in 1919) In referring to non-objectivity.
NON-
OBJECTIVE ART
WASSILY KADINSKY
NON-
OBJECTIVE ART
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO
BLACK ON BLACK
 OTHER FAMOUS NON-
OBJECTIVE ARTIST
The earliest pioneers of non-objective art were Kandinsky (1866-1944), Piet
Mondrian (1872-1944), and Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), Mikhail Larionov
(1881-1964), and Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962), Kasimir Malevich and Alexander
Rodchenko. Major abstract art movements which embraced geometric abstraction
included, in chronological order: Cubism (1908-14), Futurism (1909-14), Orphism
(c.1910-13), Rayonism (1912-14), Vorticism (1913-14), Suprematism (c. 1913-18),
De Stijl (1917-31), Constructivism (c. 1919-1932), Bauhaus (1919-33), Mondrian's
Neo-Plasticism and Doesburg's Elementarism. Thereafter, non-objective art was
promoted by the Abstraction Creation Group (c. 1931-36), Hard Edge Painting (late
1950's, Early 1960's), Op-Art (fl. 1960's), and Post Painterly Abstraction).
 PIET MONDRIAN
WASSILY KANDINSKY
THEO VAN DOESBURG

MIKHAIL LARIONOV NATALIA GONCHAROVA KASIMIR MALEVICH ALEXANDER RODCHENKO

CUBISM FUTURISM ORPHISM

RAYONISM VORTICISM
SUPREMATISM
DE STIJL CONSTRUCTIVISM BAUHAUS

MONDRIAN'S NEO-PLASTICISM DOESBURG'S ELEMENTARISM

STYLE
Non-objective painting typically uses geometric motifs on a shallow
picture plane. As a general rule, no use is made of linear perspective
to create the illusion of pictorial depth, neither is impasto employed
to create textural effects. Also, the picture is purposely devoid of
any references to worldly things, either material or emotional. Non-
objective art is abstraction in its purest form.
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