Claim: Early artists of the abstract illusionism movement inlucded Ronald Davis and Al Held, an American Abstract impressionist artist.
Evidence: 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