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Abstract expressionism

Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance in the 1950s, a shift from the American social realism of the 1930s influenced by the Great Depression and Mexican muralists. The term was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates.…

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Location
United States, specifically New York City
Influences
Modernism, Expressionism (Wassily Kandinsky), Surrealism, Cubism, Dada
Major figures
Clyfford Still, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, David Smith, Hans Hofmann, Joan Mit…
Years active
Late 1940s – early 1960s

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Style

Art critics of the post–World War II era

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Abstract expressionism and the Cold War

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Major sculpture

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Abstract expressionism

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related to World War II and the Post-War period · 52
Abstract expressionism → Also, American, Among, André Breton, André Masson, Art, Cubism, Dada, During, Europe, European, Fernand Léger, France, Georges Mathieu, Hans Namuth, In, In Paris, Jacques Lipchitz, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Messagier
related to Style · 49
Abstract expressionism → Additionally, America's, American, American Northwest, An, André Masson, Another, Around, Barnett Newman, Bauhaus, Baziotes, British Columbia, California, David Alfaro Siqueiros, DYN, European, Futurism, German Expressionists, Gorky, Gottlieb
related to Bibliography · 47
Abstract expressionism → American-Type' Painting, Anfam, Beacon Press, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, CIA, Clement, Co, Connor, Critical Essays, Culture, David, Distributed, Facchetti, Frances Stonor, Francis, Galerie Anderson-Mayer, Hans Hofmann, Haunch
related to Books · 44
Abstract expressionism → Abstract, American Abstract, American Abstract Expressionism, An Illustrated Survey, Archived September, Art, Artists, Arts, Belgrad, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Chicago, Chicago Press, Daniel, David, Expressionists Artists Choice, Far West, Figurative Expressionism, Guilbaut, Herskovic
related to Consequences · 42
Abstract expressionism → Abstract, Agnes Martin, Andy Warhol, Antoni Tàpies, Britain, By, Canadian, Claes Oldenburg, Color Field, Donald Judd, Europe, Fluxus, Frank Stella, Hans Hofmann, Hard-edge, However, Jasper Johns, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Joan Mitchell, Jules Olitski
related to External links · 22
Abstract expressionism → Brooks Abstract Expressionism-New York, Expressionism, FinePerle Fine Abstract Expressionism-1950s, Jackson PollockLouis SchankerPhilip GustonPerle, New York, New York School, New York School Artists, School, Show, St, St Show Reminisce, What, YouTube9th Street Art Exhibition-abstract, YouTubeAlbert KotinAlbert Kotin Abstract, YouTubeAmerican Abstract ArtistsBeginning, YouTubeClyfford Still MuseumAbstract, YouTubeConrad Marca-Relli Abstract Expressionism, YouTubeHENI Talks, YouTubeJames Brooks Abstract Expressionist, YouTubeJoe Stefanelli Abstract Expressionism
related to Other related topics · 7
Abstract expressionism → Bluebeard, Europe, Japan, Kurt Vonnegut, Latin America, Michel Tapié, Rabo Karabekian
related to Abstract expressionist artists · 2
Abstract expressionism → American, Significant
Influences · 1
Abstract expressionism → Modernism, Expressionism (Wassily Kandinsky), Surrealism, Cubism, Dada
Location · 1
Abstract expressionism → United States, specifically New York City

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Abstract expressionismInfluencesModernism, Expressionism (Wassily Kandinsky), Surrealism, Cubism, Dada1.00infobox
Abstract expressionismLocationUnited States, specifically New York City1.00infobox
Abstract expressionismMajor figuresClyfford Still, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, David Smith, Hans Hofmann, Joan Mit…1.00infobox
Abstract expressionismYears activeLate 1940s – early 1960s1.00infobox
Abstract expressionismis awork of American Northwest artist Mark Tobey0.90text
Futurisminstance oflook of Pollock's drip paintings.The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figura…0.80text
the Bauhausinstance oflook of Pollock's drip paintings.The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figura…0.80text
and Synthetic Cubisminstance oflook of Pollock's drip paintings.The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figura…0.80text
Wassily Kandinskyinstance ofYet all four artists are classified as abstract expressionists.Abstract expressionism has many stylistic similarities to the Russian artists of the early 20th century0.80text
Paul Kleeinstance ofWith artists0.80text
Kandinskyinstance ofWith artists0.80text
Emma Kunzinstance ofWith artists0.80text

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