An artistic movement made up of American artists in the 1940s and 1950s, also known as the New York School, or more narrowly, action painting. Abstract Expressionism is usually characterized by large [..]

art style that focuses on spontaneous, dramatic composition and not representation.

Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s, often characte [..]

A form of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and colour. It is non-representational, or non-objective, art, which means that there are no concrete objects represe [..]

Abstract expressionism is an art movement that originated in New York during the 1940s. The movement encompassed a wide variety of painting styles and techniques that emerged after World War II. Abstract expressionist paintings were non-representational and usually done on large canvases, and artists typically used large, loose brushstrokes and tex [..]

artistic intention- a 1950's-era concept involving the depiction of an artist's message or intention within their work

Development of Surrealism but freer and more improvised, centred in New York. Pollock, Rothko.

A term referring to an art movement in the 1940s and 1950s where the essence of the work was the artist's personal involvement based on emotion rather than a desire for realistic depiction or con [..]

A term referring to an art movement in the 1940s an 1950s where the essence of the work was the artist's personal involvement that was based on emotion and not the desire for realistic depiction. [..]

1940's New York painting movement based on Abstract Art. This type of painting is often referred to as action painting.

As the name implies this refers to a combination of ABSTRACT and EXPRESSIONIST styles whereby an artist allows his subconscious to create involuntary shapes with splatters and dribbles of paint. It is [..]

all media. The Abstract Expressionists were based in New York City and were often referred to as the New York School. They were influenced by the ideas of Surrealism and aimed to make abstract art tha [..]

Abstract style originating in the US in the 1940’s emphasizing spontaneity and energy.

Americans turned to it’s own form of domestic emerging abstract art devoid of representational imagery. Socialist and Nazi re-institution of Realism confirmed modern abstraction as the preferred style [..]

A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational.

A deliberately chosen compound word to suggest the merging of two elements. One is the non-representational abstract art. The other is liberal use of the emotional input from expressionism. Abstract e [..]

A style that flourished in New York in the 1940s and 1950s, defined by its combination of formal abstraction and self-conscious expression. The term describes a wide variety of work; among the most fa [..]

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.

A movement of the 1940's and 1950's created in New York, NY, in which abstract art was aimed at the spontneity of emotions. See Jackson Pollock.