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Abstract expressionism Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abstract Expressionism
Noun
1. a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
(synonym) action painting
(hypernym) artistic movement, art movement
Noun
1. a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
(synonym) action painting
(hypernym) artistic movement, art movement
Abstract expressionism Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abstract expressionism
1946 - 1960 USA - non objective art movement characterized by feelings and emotions - the accidental appearing of their works is supposed to be an unconscious approach to pure abstraction - subcategories are action painting with focus on the physical act of painting and color field painting exploring effects of pure colors - the french term is expressionnisme abstrait
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1946 - 1960 USA - non objective art movement characterized by feelings and emotions - the accidental appearing of their works is supposed to be an unconscious approach to pure abstraction - subcategories are action painting with focus on the physical act of painting and color field painting exploring effects of pure colors - the french term is expressionnisme abstrait
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Abstract Expressionism
A term originally used to describe Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings of the 1920's, but really first used in the modern sense in 1946 to describe contemporary painting. It was popular from that time until the end of the 1950's. Many painters are still painting in this style. It is the first art movement to have both a European and American background. It was influenced by the artists fleeing Hitler, such as Max Ernst, Fernand Leger, and Piet Mondrian. The term is just what it implies. The paintings are abstractions or no noticeable relation to anything in nature at all. The object is to express the inner feelings of the artist toward the subject or the surface that the painting is on. It is as much an emotional release for the artist as it is anything else. Look at works by Robert Motherwell, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock.
A term originally used to describe Wassily Kandinsky's abstract paintings of the 1920's, but really first used in the modern sense in 1946 to describe contemporary painting. It was popular from that time until the end of the 1950's. Many painters are still painting in this style. It is the first art movement to have both a European and American background. It was influenced by the artists fleeing Hitler, such as Max Ernst, Fernand Leger, and Piet Mondrian. The term is just what it implies. The paintings are abstractions or no noticeable relation to anything in nature at all. The object is to express the inner feelings of the artist toward the subject or the surface that the painting is on. It is as much an emotional release for the artist as it is anything else. Look at works by Robert Motherwell, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Jackson Pollock.
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Abstract Expressionism
This art style was prominent for about one generation. With its roots in New York, it started in World War II times and ended in the Korean War times. You may have heard of surrealism? The leaders of that movement lived in the U.S. (in exile) during World War II. AE was a mix of surrealism and some other concepts--notably expressionism. The influence of American culture is heavy in this form of art. The two main categories of AE are iconic and calligraphic.
This art style was prominent for about one generation. With its roots in New York, it started in World War II times and ended in the Korean War times. You may have heard of surrealism? The leaders of that movement lived in the U.S. (in exile) during World War II. AE was a mix of surrealism and some other concepts--notably expressionism. The influence of American culture is heavy in this form of art. The two main categories of AE are iconic and calligraphic.
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Abstract Expressionism
A painting movement in which artists applied paint rapidly and forcefully to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions. They painted gesturally (non-geometrically), sometimes applying paint with large brushes and/or dripping and throwing it onto canvas. Their work is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance, but which is actually highly planned. Usually there was no effort to represent subject matter. Not all work was abstract, nor expressive, but it was generally believed that the spontaneity of the artists' approach to their work would draw from and release the creativity of their unconscious minds. This expressive method of painting was often considered as important as the painting itself. Abstract Expressionism originated in the 1940s, and became popularin the 1950s. A few artists who painted in this style include Hans Hoffman, Mark Rothko, Willem De Kooning, and Jackson Pollock.
A painting movement in which artists applied paint rapidly and forcefully to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions. They painted gesturally (non-geometrically), sometimes applying paint with large brushes and/or dripping and throwing it onto canvas. Their work is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance, but which is actually highly planned. Usually there was no effort to represent subject matter. Not all work was abstract, nor expressive, but it was generally believed that the spontaneity of the artists' approach to their work would draw from and release the creativity of their unconscious minds. This expressive method of painting was often considered as important as the painting itself. Abstract Expressionism originated in the 1940s, and became popularin the 1950s. A few artists who painted in this style include Hans Hoffman, Mark Rothko, Willem De Kooning, and Jackson Pollock.
Abstract expressionism Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism was an American post-World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and also the one that put New York City at the center of the art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.
Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism. In the USA, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky.
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