What is an abstract image?

An abstract painting is a form of art that refrains from depicting recognizable objects, scenes or figures. Instead, it uses colors, shapes, lines and textures to express emotions, ideas or moods. Abstract paintings often detach themselves from reality and offer the viewer room for personal interpretation.

Characteristics of an abstract picture:

1. Non-representational: There is no direct depiction of real objects or landscapes.
2. Focus on form and color: lines, geometric or organic shapes and color compositions are in the foreground.
3. Emotional effect: Abstract art aims to evoke feelings or thoughts without telling a concrete story.
4. Subjectivity: The interpretation of the image depends heavily on the viewer, as there is no fixed meaning.

Types of abstraction:

1. Geometric abstraction: clear, mathematical forms, as in Piet Mondrian.
2. Expressionist abstraction: Emotional, spontaneous gestures and layers of color, like Jackson Pollock.
3. Minimalist abstraction: reduction to basic elements, often with few colors and shapes.

Abstract art challenges the viewer to break away from traditional ideas and be open to new aesthetic and emotional experiences.

Bringing the immaterial to life

Artists have always been in search of their own style - a fresh expression that breaks away from classical motifs and challenges perception in new ways. With the upheavals of the 20th century, characterized by scientific breakthroughs, modern architecture, psychoanalysis, fashion and politics, a new window to the world opened.

While in earlier eras painting mostly depicted people, landscapes or still lifes in great detail, artists increasingly turned to the invisible: Imaginary worlds, thoughts and emotions took center stage. Abstract art began to dissolve visible reality. What remains are often only vague references to their origins - a play of shapes and colors that leaves room for interpretation and goes beyond the boundaries of the tangible.