I think that so far from being a limited expression, understood by a few, abstract art is a powerful, unlimited and universal ...

Gillian Ayres is an English painter best known for her large, vividly colored abstract paintings and prints. Her work, created by layering thick layers of pigment, draws on a variety of styles and art ...

Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... Though little known outside her native Sweden, Hilma af Klint perhaps has the best claim to the title of first abstract artist.