Geometric

In 1910, Wassily Kandinsky became a pioneer of abstract art, a style where formal elements take precedence over any representation of reality. He was one of the first artists to place colour at the centre of his work. He carefully considered the symbolic meaning of different hues, for Kandinsky blue inspired peace, green was synonymous with stillness, red was representative of warmth and black signified the eternal silence. Kandinsky inspired the discovery of a new expression through uncharted territories and, along with Malevich and Mondrian, invented abstract art.

Inspired by the legacy of constructivism, and opposed to realism, these artists established a new approach to abstraction. Through the use of geometrical shapes, they explored artistic purity and simplification. Their canvases were characterised by squares, circles, rectangles and triangles.

Sonia Delaunay sought after simultaneous contrasts through the juxtaposition of geometric shapes and colours. Kazimir Malevich launched suprematism and played with geometric monochrome shapes on canvases. Victor Vasarely cleverly used shapes and colour, especially gradients, to create impressive optical illusions.

In contemporary art, the repetition of patterns is one of Yayoi Kusama's signature styles and Claude Viallat reproduces patterns obsessively. Julio Le Parc and Carlos Cruz Diez are among the pioneers of kinetic art and op-art, and more recently, Georges Rousse drew inspiration from Malevich for his work in photography with geometric anamorphs.

The gallerist's role was decisive in introducing this art and new artists to the general public, especially in France. For instance, the renowned gallerist Denise René supported Op-Art artists such as Vasarely after the Second World War. Today, galleries continue to play an essential role: The Perrotin gallery represents the great Venezuelan artist Jesus-Rafael Soto and the Gimpel & Müller gallery pays tribute to both famous and emerging contemporary artists such as Cruz-Diez while also giving continuing visibility to modern artist like Léon Zack or Guy de Lussigny.

In Artsper's selection of geometric art, discover the artists who developed this style, working in a number of different movements including cubism, kinetic art and optical art. You'll also be able to explore the work of many contemporary artists who continue to be fascinated by the possibilities offered by manipulating colours and shapes.

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Geometric

Contemporary painting I

Abstract painting II

Dots

Untitled 56

Rhapsodie colorée

Tribal Anniversary

Paula

Icon #19

Yellow city Square

Strata #24

Strata #22

Prussian Blue 16

Variation I

Concept #81

Rouge dégradé (moyen)

Panels Natural High

Yellow Haze, from The Evolution Suite I

Les tranches de la mémoire

Arrow GM - LC70

Traffic Full Color Orange - Incl Frame

Peinture 12-2020-122

Sol de medio día

Recognition

La Voix des Airs

Let's Go I

Inscenation 8.

Patternstory 17.

Pause artistique

Equilibre geometrique

Vie d'atelier

Concert

Les mots bleus

Blocked Blue Lines

Circle in Circle - Brown 50

In the end, everything comes back

AV_Adria_010

Fractured BiG Orange

Cette nuit d'automne

Resilence

As it was

To The Moon

Let Me Down Slowly

Journet through silence

Format #677

Concept #1 v.2

Peinture 01-2023-08

Peinture 07-2027-36

Peinture 04-2024-35

Peinture 04-2024-25

Format #725

Format #692

Moonlit Memories

Layers of Time

Icon Landscape #1

Galactic (LC91)

Contact color N°7 - Mocha mousse

Little lined landscape

Pipoteur

Gol Zidane ganador inspiración Antony Gormley

Oval - blue & yellow - (UV print)

Carbone

Bout sur bord

Asphodel

Sunny

Fronts

Ceremony