Theories
This artist developed a theory on painting
Who was Hans Hofmann?
This philosopher was a student of Sygmunt Freud.
Who was Carl Jung?
This wellknown artist studied Navajo sand-painting at the Museum for Natural History.
Who was Jackson Pollock?
This artist organized demonstrations at the Rockefellar Center.
Who was Mark Rothko?
Why did Barnet Newman not think he could paint a still life or a reclined nude anymore?
What was WWII? What was the holocaust?
Said Jackson Pollock to Hans Hofmann when Hofmann cautioned him that he would repeat himself, if he didn't study nature.
What is "I am Nature?"
A method to access the subconscious.
What is automatism?
This artist lived in NYC 1940-1945
Who was Piet Mondrian?
This artist studied education at CCNY.
Musical genre based on improvisation.
What is jazz?
This artist wrote a book entitled Concerning the Spiritual in Art, that inspired Hans Hofmann.
Who was Wasily Kandinsky?
Branch in philosophy following WWII. The United Nation was established as a part of it.
What was "New Humanism?"
This artist experimented with dripped painting in his studio on 14th Street.
Who was the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros?
This artist painted "zips."
Who was Barnett Newman?
Famous meeting place on University Place
What was Cedar Bar?
Title of Hofmann's painting that refers to a spiritual presence.
What is "The Third Hand?"
This term refers to the unconscious mind and shared mental concepts.
What is the "collective unconscious?"
This influential surrealist artist was wounded during WWI and worked with his trauma in his painting.
Who was Matta?
This artist painted everyday life scenes, such as police violence, before he decided to turn to abstraction.
Who was Norman Lewis?
Blockbuster show that introduced European Modernism in the 1920s.
What was the Armory Show?
Key aspects in Hans Hofmann's theory on painting.
A feeling of "tension" on the picture plane developed by a perceptual "push & pull"
Hero, circle, fairytale, goddess, pyramid
What are "archetypes?"
A very admired painting of a studio (displayed at MoMA).
What was Henri Matisse's The Red Studio?
This artists made use of handprints, similar to prehistoric cave painters, and contemporary artists like Hans Hofmann.
Who was Jackson Pollock?
Famous photography show that introduced "New Humanism."
What was Edward Steichen's "The Family of Man" at MoMA?