Objective abstraction
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Objective abstraction was a form of abstract art started by a group of British artists in 1933. Experimentation was prevalent in British art at the time. The main protagonists were Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Edgar Hubert, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble. Influenced by Turner and Monet, the paintings produced by the group used improvisation from freely applied brushstrokes[1]. The movement was short-lived lasting only a few years.
The exhibition 'Objective Abstractions' was held at the Zwemmer Gallery[2] in 1934. Most of the artists of the group were included, but not works by Edgar Hubert. The director of the gallery also added work by non-objective abstraction artists, Ivon Hitchens, Victor Pasmore, and Ceri Richards. Many of the artists who were shown later joined the realist Euston Road School.
References
- ^ "Objective Abstraction, Tate website". Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Zwemmer Gallery, Artist Biographies website". Retrieved 10 September 2014.