The art of abstract painting had its roots started by eminent late 19th century painters like Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and other master artists. Abstract artists relied on complex geometrical shapes and rich, vibrant colors to express their ideas on canvas. Artists of this era followed a style in which their paintings do not generally resemble the actual models or subject matter. There are exceptions, of course, like Vincent Van Gogh’s drawings, which resembled the base models to some extent, but were differently colored to express the artist’s feelings.

Many artists rejected painting concrete, ‘real-life’ objects, since they felt that they did not express the multitude of human feelings and sufferings. Could it be that love, admiration, trust and belief are expressed in a form of images? It is evident that these feelings exist as colours in the mind of the artist. Many images that represent the spiritual suffering of the artists have been translated into colourful imagery on the canvases of abstract paintings. In rejecting ‘real-life’ forms, the artists can delve into their souls and transfer, as much as possible, the internal, spiritual side of a person in their paintings.

The famous Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky strongly believed that depictions of subjects and landscapes restrict the self-expression of the artist. As a consequence, he felt that abstraction liberated his imagination and allowed him to splash out his feelings through multi-coloured imagery.

In some ways, Abstract Art resembles music. Like Abstract Act, Music does not display known and recognisable forms, but enlivens the soul to a multitude of feelings and experiences through sound. Abstract Art conjures up the same types of feelings but through paint. Like with Music, Art is a means of expressing the spiritual side of a person. Wassily Kandinsky even graced many of his works with musical names, such as “Improvisation” and “Composition.” Kandinsky often spoke of sounds and the full “choir of paints”. Some people even say that Kandinsky managed to expresse world of music in his artworks.