Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris. Although the term `abstract expressionism` was fir.....
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Development of Surrealism but freer and more improvised, centred in New York
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broad movement in American painting that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s. The most prominent ... [15 related articles]
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Movement in US painting that was the dominant force in the country's art in the late 1940s and 1950s. It was characterized by the sensuous use of paint, often on very large canvases, to convey...
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An art movement, primarily in painting, that originated in the United States in the 1940s and remained strong through the 1950s. Artists working in many different styles emphasized spontaneous personal expression in large paintings that are abstract or nonrepresentational One type of Abstract Expressionism is called action painting. See also expres...
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Movement in painting, originating in New York City in the 1940s. It emphasized spontaneous personal expression, freedom from accepted artistic values, surface qualities of paint, and the act of painting itself. Pollock, de Kooning, Motherwell, and Kline, are important abstract expressionists.
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1940's New York painting movement based on Abstract Art. This type of painting is often referred to as action painting.
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New York painting movement of the 1940's with its artistic roots based upon Abstract Art. This type of painting is often referred to as action painting.
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n] - a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions
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a painting style developed in the 1940s and 1950s in which artists applied paint freely to huge canvases to show feelings and emotions as opposed to realistic subject matter.
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Term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters in 1940s and 1950s. The Abstract Expressionists were mostly based in New York City, and also became known as the New York School. The name evokes their aim to make art that while abstract was also expressive or emotional in its effect. They were inspired by the Surrealist idea...
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action painting noun a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
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Movement in US painting that was the dominant force in the country's art in the late 1940s and 1950s. It was characterized by the sensuous use of paint, often on very large canvases, to convey powerful emotions. Some of the artists involved painted pure abstract pictures, but others often retained figurative traces in their work. Most of the le...
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a movement in experimental, nonrepresentational painting originating in the U.S. in the 1940s, with sources in earlier movements, and embracing many individual styles marked in common by freedom of technique, a preference for dramatically large canvases, and a desire to give spontaneous expression to the unconscious.
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