User:ZeevoX/Abstraction
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Abstract art is an example of a composition which features a level of abstraction. It is often criticised by stereotype for resembling children's art and requiring no skill to create.[1] This conventional image has formed as a result of traditional Western art, where a work of art ought to represent its subject as closely as possible. Wassily Kandinsky, arguably one of the movement's most important painters, thought otherwise. He believed that colour, composition, forms and lines could be used in a painting to not only portray an object but express the artists' feelings and emotions.[2]
Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.