Early artists of the abstract illusionism movement inlucded Ronald Davis and Al Held, an American Abstract impressionist artist.
Pre-1970 forerunners and practitioners of the style include Ronald Davis, Allan D'Arcangelo, and Al Held. Al Held (October 12, 1928  July 27, 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist painter. Abstract Expressionism, Geometric abstraction, Abstract Illusionism, Lyrical Abstraction, Hard-edge painting, Shaped canvas painting, Color field painting, Digital art, Digital painting and 3D Computer Graphics 
