Abstract art is a kind of visual thinking with colour, shape, form and medium. Abstraction often involves a spontaneous and intuitive approach to artistic creation. However, it also requires aesthetic rational behind the creative expression - i.e. the artist has to select what is essential to create abstract art. The nature of abstract art is evocative rather than descriptive. It can stimulate our senses and inner feelings without story-telling.
Artists featured in this Curation:
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982),
Henry Inlander (1925–1983),
Peter Kinley (1926–1988),
Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981),
William Scott (1913–1989),
Trevor Bell (1930–2017),
Kenneth Dingwall (b.1938),
Patrick Heron (1920–1999),
Callum Innes (b.1962),
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991),
and 6 more
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Stephen Buckley (b.1944), Bridget Riley (b.1931), John Copnall (1928–2007), Ian McKenzie Smith (b.1935), William Johnstone (1897–1981) and
Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)
19 artworks
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14 March 1947 (still life – spotted curtain) 1947
Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)
Oil on board
H 46.1 x W 52.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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The Tempest 1959
Henry Inlander (1925–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 95.5 x W 95.4 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images . Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Landscape on Gold and Pink
Peter Kinley (1926–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 45.6 x W 56 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Blue Purpose 1935
Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 81.3 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Composition with Blue and Black 1959
William Scott (1913–1989)
Oil on canvas
H 101.5 x W 127 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Landscape with Sea 1958
Trevor Bell (1930–2017)
Oil on canvas
H 199.4 x W 167.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Black Bleeding
Kenneth Dingwall (b.1938)
Acrylic on canvas
H 163.3 x W 209.6 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Rumbold Vertical Four: Green in Green with Blue and Red: September 1970 1970
Patrick Heron (1920–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 213.4 x W 122 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Repetition, Violet/Grey 1995
Callum Innes (b.1962)
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 165 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Scottish Ballad 1990
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991)
Acrylic & collage on canvas
H 91.5 x W 61 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Head of a Young Girl 1975
Stephen Buckley (b.1944)
Enamel over acrylic on canvas
H 208.2 x W 170.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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To a Summer's Day 1980
Bridget Riley (b.1931)
Acrylic on linen
H 115.5 x W 251 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Green for Cathy 1973
John Copnall (1928–2007)
Oil on canvas
H 294 x W 189 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Open Harbour
Ian McKenzie Smith (b.1935)
Oil on canvas
H 102 x W 126.9 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Landscape 1957
William Johnstone (1897–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 63.6 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Poissons d'or 1963
Ceri Giraldus Richards (1903–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 128 x W 127.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums