Today, Wassily Kandinsky is considered the father of Abstract art which is better viewed than explained.
Wassily Kandinsky's oil paintings have been credited with changing the face of art in the first part of the 20th century. He was thought to have Synesthesis (a cross wiring in the brain that causes other senses to have visual presence and visa versa). It is this condition that was a catalyst for Kandinsky's work. He wanted to create the equivalent of a symphony that would stimulate not just the eyes but the ears as well. Read The Bio...
Kandinsky Paintings - Hand Painted Canvas Art Reproductions
"Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world."