Abstract art

Explore modern abstract art, from Hartley and Man Ray to Kandinsky, through paintings that organize color, line, rhythm, and form.

Hartley E Abstract painting

Hartley’s E. (1915), an oil painting in the abstract art archive, with an artwork photograph and related works.

Man Ray: Aerograph. 1919

Marin: Lower Manhattan (Composing Derived from Top of Woolworth). 1922.

Schamberg’s Machine (1916), an oil painting connecting abstraction and mechanical subjects, with an archived photograph and related art.

Weber’s Chinese Restaurant (1915), illustrated in the abstract art archive with its medium, dimensions, and related works.

Vasily Kandinsky's Composition 8, painted in July 1923, combines circles, triangles, and fine lines in a study of expressive geometric abstraction.

Kandinsky's 1913 Improvisation No. 30 places traces of cannons and buildings within an expressive field of color.

Georgia O’Keeffe's Blue and Green Music explores sound through sweeping color and contrasting edges in oil paint.