Abstract Realism

by David A Leffel and Sherrie McGraw | January 1, 2013

Can the concept of abstract realism help us understand what factors make a painting worthy of the term “great?”

Artists who’ve produced great work began, according to David Leffel[1] and Sherrie McGraw[2], not with subject matter, but with an abstract visual concept of what they wanted the canvas to look like. In this presentation, they illustrate this idea—abstract realism—as it has appeared in different artistic visions.

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