Objective Abstraction

Objective Abstraction was a British art movement c. 1933-1936.

History

Objective abstraction was a form of abstract art developed by a group of British artists in 1933. Experimentation was prevalent in British art at the time.

The main figures were Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Edgar Hubert, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble.

The movement was short-lived lasting only a few years. Many of the artists involved went on to be part of the realist Euston Road School.

Method

William Townsend told the Tate Gallery that 'the style originated with Geoffrey Tibble in the latter half of 1933. It was immediately taken up by Rodrigo Moynihan [...] and at the same time or shortly after by Edgar Hubert'.[1][2] According to Townsend, early paintings by the group were derived from external objects but they became increasingly abstract.

The more abstract paintings, that came to represent the movements style, were created using improvised freely applied brushstrokes.[3][4] Geoffrey Tibble described them as 'not abstracted from nature, and which made no reference to and had no associations with anything outside themselves [...] the picture was an object in its own right' (Bowness, 1960:198).[5]

Exhibitions

In 1934, the exhibition Objective Abstractions was held at the Zwemmer Gallery[6] showing the group's work, except Hubert's. The exhibition also included work by more representational artists, Ivon Hitchens, Victor Pasmore, and Ceri Richards.

References

  1. ↑ "Stephens, Chris (1997) Edgar Hubert, Painting 1935-6: Catalogue entry, Tate website". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "William Townsend papers, University College London archive". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Objective Abstraction, Tate website". Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rodrigo Moynihan, artwork 'Objective Abstraction' c.1935–6, Tate Gallery". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bowness, Alan (1960) The Paintings and Constructions of Victor Pasmore, The Burlington Magazine, vol. 102, no. 168, May, pp. 198-203". Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Zwemmer Gallery, Artist Biographies website". Retrieved 10 September 2014.


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