12/9/05

Know Your Abstract Artists

Ok culture vultures, here are ten abstract works by a few of my favorite artists. How many can you guess correctly? Answers in the comments section. Oh yeah, none of them are by Pollock or Rothko!

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5 comments:

Evan said...

Answers: 1)Franz Kline, 2)Morris Louis, 3)Wassily Kandinsky, 4)Robert Motherwell, 5)Barnett Newman, 6)Joan Miro, 7)Willem de Kooning, 8)Helen Frankenthaler, 9)Gerhard Richter, 10) Arshile Gorky

martin said...

oh man....i was only sure on 3 and 5...could have guessed 9 if I was pressed...low scores all around...checking out frankenthaler now.

Stephanie said...

the only one i knew was kandinsky. my heart sunk when i read that none of the pieces were by rothko. i totally would have guessed him for at least one.

Evan said...

Well no worries guys, they were pretty hard, especially 7 (de Kooning is much more famous for distorted nudes) and 8 (it's a crime that Frankenthaler-one of the most sublime heirs of the New York School-is not better known.)

martin said...

ok..also..did you pick that Miro just to be difficult? Couldn't you have been nice and put one of the ones that looks like a hanging childs mobile? Cause I might have gotten one of those. And yeah, wow, been looking at a lot of Frankenthaler, amazing stuff, thanks for pointing her out.