Abstract Expressionism
"Abstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. 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."
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The two main type of abstract expressionism are...
Action Painting, which stressed the physical action involved in painting...
Jackson Pollock - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
| "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a sort of "get acquainted" period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own." |
| - quoted in Possibilities I, Winter 1947-48 |
Willem de Kooning - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
| "At one time, it was very daring to make a figure red or blue - I think now that it is just as daring to make it flesh-colored." |
| - Willem de Kooning, in a BBC TV interview, 1963 |
Arshile Gorky - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
Franz Kline - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
Lee Krasner - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
Color Field painting, primarily concerned with exploring the effects of pure color on a canvas...
Mark Rothko - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
Kenneth Noland - wikipedia - artcyclopedia - google images
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