My Four Artists and the Reasons I choose them

Kandinsky (Expressionist): What attracts me to his work done in the
Bauhaus is the abstraction of geometric shapes and forms. Kandinsky was a
teacher aside from being a monumental artist he taught a class on point
and different forms of lines. His use of circles, semi circles, angles,
and straight lines were what composed most of his abstract paintings.
Kandinsky's bright use colors and gradation of of the paint really
attracts one to his paintings which are free flowing and open. During the
20's and 30's was time of turmoil not only in Russia but across the globe.
Kandinsky went against traditional painters before him, and the teachings
of the old masters. Kandinsky allowed for us to see shapes in there most
simple and natural forms and combine them to create a bright abstract work.

Rothko (Abstract expressionist): What strikes me about Mark Rothko is his
ability to make a painting so soft and serene. He was able to narrow down
painting to its most important element which is the color. Rothko's later
work which were his rectangular fields of color and light really stood as
a transition during the history of art. His use of a large canvas, his
vertical forms, and really vibrant colors strike the viewer with force
making one think about the true meaning behind his work. Rotko wanted the
person who was viewing his large scale oil on canvas to exprience an
intimacy, as well as awe, and to allow the person to think outside the
box.  The reason i am chosing Rothko as a model artist his becuase his
style which may be concieved as simple forces one to think about the
unknown and what beyong the surface.

Malevich (Suprematist): One of my favorite artists during the early 20th
century was Malevich. The pioneer of geometric abstraction and the
suprematist movement, he trancended boundaries and created a new form of
art taht really made people think. Through is knowledge of cubism and
geometric shapes he created a new form of art called Suprematism which
focused on the fundamental geometric forms in particular squares and
circles. His paintings the White on White  and the Black Square allowed to
us to see a new form of art, different from the old masters who focused on
detail and vibrant colors. Malevich painting a square canvas black to show
the importance of geometric and simple forms. Obviously people became
angry  at his work because negated everything that was considered good
and pure. He went away from the style that loved life and nature. What
strikes me about Malevich's work is his talent and ability to stray away
from his predecessors before him and create a form of art that really
changes one perspective on what art is supposed to be.

Jackson Pollock (Abstract Expressionist): Another important 20th century
artist who changed the way we percieve art was Jackson Pollock. His
perfection of the drip painting technique in which he turned synthetic
resin paint into alkyd enames which was the the novel of his medium. He
used ordinary household paints to compose his paintings rather than
traditional artist paints. Through the drip paintings Jackson was able to freely express his emotions and feelings. In his pieces titled by numbers one can see the sentimentality through which colors he used and the drip in which they were put on.

Sources: Online, Wikipedia, Jensens, Gardners, and Prior Knowledge