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Quietly And Sincere—A Study Of Alex Katz's Painting Style

Posted on:2018-07-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515980967Subject:Arts
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In the era of pop art and abstract expressionism sweeping American painting,one of the painters kept his mind to paint his own thoughts,and he was Alex Katz.Abstract painting has given Katz infinite enthusiasm and ideas,but Katz after trying to find abstract performance is not suitable for their own.The emergence of pop art makes Katz see the new painting language.Katz tried to blend the figurative traditional art and the artistic form of the pop art,together with the spiritual core of the abstract expressionism,which made Katz a remarkable trend in the contemporary art of the United States.Simple flat screen,painted with a lot of solid color,constitute a unique Katz painting language.We can in the performance of the quiet picture of Katz,sentiment to his art,the community's sincere response and thinking.Through the study of Alex Katz 's paintings,this paper analyzes the style of painting,and summarizes how the traditional realistic painting,abstract expressionism and pop art have influenced Katz by comparing the factors of the times and the art schools of the same period.To find out the reason why Katz chooses the plane to be realistic,and analyzes his artistic ideas and artistic demands from Katz's picture,looking for his paintings with silence and emotional reasons.Through the analysis of Katz 's painting language,summed up its novelty in composition,modeling and color,the paper analyzes the influence of social environment on the pursuit of Katz' s art by analyzing Katz 's painting idea.At the same time to learn Katz's painting language and painting the characteristics of the concept,combined with his painting characteristics,to find self-painting language,applied to their own artistic creation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Alex Katz, painting style, artistic concept, artistic creation
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