Art Society
American Abstract Artists
American Abstract Artists was an art society founded in 1936. This catalog holds 666 public-domain works by 102 of its members. Its artists are most associated with Abstract Expressionism.
About
Founded in New York City in 1936, the American Abstract Artists was a collective formed to promote and exhibit abstract art in the United States during a period when such work was largely rejected by major museums. The group united artists across various abstract styles to organize annual exhibitions, publish yearbooks, and advocate for the acceptance of non-representational art.
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Member artists
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Piet Mondrian 1872–1944 Connections -
Fernand Léger 1881–1955 Connections -
I. Rice Pereira 1902–1971 -
Paul Kelpe 1902–1985 -
László Moholy-Nagy 1895–1946 Connections -
Albert Swinden 1901–1961 -
Ilya Bolotowsky 1907–1981 -
Josef Albers 1888–1976 Connections -
Richard Anuszkiewicz 1930–2020 -
Will Barnet 1911–2012 -
James Brooks 1906–1992 -
Giorgio Cavallon 1904–1989 -
Nassos Daphnis 1914–2010 -
David Diao 1943– -
Burgoyne Diller 1906–1965 -
Lyonel Feininger 1871–1956 -
Ida E. Fischer 1883–1956 -
Adolf Richard Fleischmann 1892–1968 -
A. E. Gallatin 1881–1952 -
Sam Gilliam 1933–2022 -
Fritz Glarner 1899–1972 -
Robert Goodnough 1917–2010 -
Balcomb Greene 1904–1990 -
Gertrude Greene 1904–1956 -
Fannie Hillsmith 1911–2007 -
Charles Hinman 1932– -
Jean Hélion 1904–1987 -
Karl Knaths 1891–1971 -
Willem de Kooning 1904–1997 Connections -
Lee Krasner 1908–1984 -
Norman Lewis 1909–1979 -
Al Loving 1935–2005 -
Brice Marden 1938–2023 -
George McNeil 1908–1995 -
Ben Nicholson 1894–1982 Connections -
Alfonso Ossorio 1916–1990 -
Harvey Quaytman 1937–2002 -
Ad Reinhardt 1913–1967 -
Robert Ryman 1930–2019 -
Salvatore Scarpitta 1919–2007 -
Julian Stanczak 1928–2017 -
Richard Tuttle 1941– -
Jack Tworkov 1900–1982 -
Charmion von Wiegand 1896–1983 -
Louise Bourgeois 1911–2010 -
Herbert Ferber 1906–1991 -
Ibram Lassaw 1913–2003 -
Seymour Lipton 1903–1986 -
Louise Nevelson 1899–1988 -
Robert Smithson 1938–1973 -
Ruth Vollmer 1903–1982 -
L. (Alfred Lewin Copley) Alcopley 1910–1992 -
Nell Blaine 1922–1996 -
Mel Bochner 1940–2025 -
Byron Browne 1907–1961 -
Fritz Bultman 1919–1985 -
José Guerrero 1914–1991 -
Marcia Hafif 1929–2018 -
Nancy Haynes 1947– -
Jene Highstein 1942–2013 -
Angelo Ippolito 1922–2001 -
Ward Jackson 1928–2004 -
Ray Johnson 1927–1995 -
Richard Lippold 1915–2002 -
Leo Manso 1914–1993 -
Clement Meadmore 1929–2005 -
Jill Moser 1956– -
Betty Parsons 1900–1982 -
Henry Pearson 1914–2006 -
Howardena Pindell 1943– -
Leo Rabkin 1919–2015 -
Hans Richter 1888–1976 -
Beatrice Riese 1917–2004 -
Oli Sihvonen 1921–1991 -
Joan Waltemath 1953– -
Rosalind Bengelsdorf 1916–1979 -
Harry Bowden 1907–1965 -
Arthur N. Christie 1891–1980 -
Werner Drewes 1899–1985 -
Claire Falkenstein 1908–1997 -
Helen Gilbert 1922–2012 -
Peter Grippe 1912–2002 -
Hananiah Harari 1912–2000 -
Clinton Hill 1922–2003 -
Carl Holty 1900–1973 -
Harold Krisel 1920–1995 -
Mon Levinson 1926–2014 -
Agnes Lyall 1908–2013 -
Alice Trumbull Mason 1904–1971 -
George L. K. Morris 1905–1975 -
John Opper 1908–1994 -
Judith Rothschild 1921–1993 -
Louis Schanker 1903–1981 -
Charles G. Shaw 1892–1974 -
Esphyr Slobodkina 1908–2002 -
Peter Stroud 1921–2012 -
George Sugarman 1912–1999 -
Rupert D. Turnbull 1899–1943 -
Vaclav Vytlacil 1892–1984 -
Fredrick J. Whiteman 1909–1997 -
John Von Wicht 1888–1970 -
Wilfred M. Zogbaum 1915–1965
Works by its members
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Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight -
Chrysanthemum -
Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight -
The Village -
The Builders -
Windmill with Summerhouse II -
White Lines -
Woman with a Cat (MET) -
The Bargeman -
Mechanical Elements -
Composition with Red, Yellow, and Blue -
Composition -
Three Women by a Garden -
Composition (Study for "Nude Model in the Studio") -
Farm near Duivendrecht -
Composition no. III with red, yellow, and blue -
Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow -
Divers on a Yellow Background -
Still Life with Sunflower -
La Mère et l'Enfant (Chien sous la table) -
Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red -
Still Life -
Still Life -
Composition with Blue, Yellow, and Red -
Landscape -
Kvinde med vase -
The Yellow Flower -
Woman in Front of the Window -
Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray -
The Red Table -
Composition in Blue -
The Railway Crossing (Sketch) -
Reclining Woman -
Composition -
Girl with Plant -
Mecanical Element -
LIS -
Composition in White, Red, and Yellow -
The Disks -
Composition with White and Red -
Composition with Grid 4 (Lozenge) -
Man with a Cane -
Two Women with Flowers -
Umbrella and Bowler -
Beach with three or four piers at Domburg -
Tableau No. I -
Broadway Boogie Woogie -
Three Women -
Woman with a Book -
The Three Musicians -
The Baluster -
The Divers -
Untitled -
Composition -
Composition with Grid 1 -
Fruit bowl with pears -
Composition No.10 (Pier and Ocean) -
Composition: Light Color Planes with Grey Lines -
Composition No. 11 -
Composition in Color B