Jackson PollockArtworksGerman ExpressionismExpressionistSpirit of Abstract ExpressionismPainters1940s1950sWassily KandinskyAesthetic of the European abstract schools2023David AnfamPaintingsExhibition1990KooningCanvasExpressionistsParisCriticsAmericaGesturalArtistsAmericanMovementRothkoFormalArtistArtisticWorkFiguresItemsGalleryImages
Jackson Pollock4
- 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. (tate.org.uk)
- Running from 24 September until 2 January 2017, the long awaited exhibition by the Royal Academy of Arts will see a number of influential works of art from celebrated artists like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and William De Kooning, as well as showcasing a few lesser-known artists who contributed to the Abstract Expressionism movement. (artsandcollections.com)
- One pioneer in the world of Abstract Expressionism was Jackson Pollock , who was famed for his unique style of drip painting. (9mousai.com)
- One of the best known abstract expressionism painters, Jackson Pollock is most well known for his "drip" technique and action style of painting. (antispin.net)
Artworks1
- Original abstract expressionist artworks by multi-award winning artist Estelle Asmodelle. (asmodelle.com)
German Expressionism4
- Abstract expressionism was first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism. (wikipedia.org)
- The term, first used in 1929 to describe the nonrepresentational paintings of Wassily Kandinsky that derived from German expressionism, is now applied to the work of a group of abstract painters who were active mainly in New York City from the mid-1940s to the early 1960s. (techgrapple.com)
- The name was derived from mixing the emotional work of German Expressionism with the anti-figure aesthetic of the European abstract schools. (antispin.net)
- While the critics Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg preferred the names ''action painting,'' ''American-type Painting,'' and ''painterly abstraction,'' the term ''abstract expressionism'' emerged in Germany in 1919 in reference to German Expressionism. (routledge.com)
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- In practice, the term is applied to any number of artists working (mostly) in New York who had quite different styles, and even to work that is neither especially abstract nor expressionist. (wikipedia.org)
- California abstract expressionist Jay Meuser, who typically painted in the non-objective style, wrote about his painting Mare Nostrum, "It is far better to capture the glorious spirit of the sea than to paint all of its tiny ripples. (wikipedia.org)
- Pollock's energetic "action paintings", with their "busy" feel, are different, both technically and aesthetically, from the violent and grotesque Women series of Willem de Kooning's figurative paintings and the rectangles of color in Rothko's Color Field paintings (which are not what would usually be called expressionist, and which Rothko denied were abstract). (wikipedia.org)
- None of the critics of the Abstract Expressionist generation or those who followed them championed him. (hyperallergic.com)
- The abstract expressionist movement in American painting is still considered one of the most significant in art history. (mysticstamp.com)
- Gottlieb's art was displayed in more than 250 exhibitions during his lifetime, and he's considered to be one of the first American artists to embrace the Abstract Expressionist movement. (mysticstamp.com)
- Abstract Expressionist painters explored new ways of creating art , reinvigorating and reinventing the medium . (graymattersnyc.com)
- Increased interest in abstract expressionist artists placed New York at the center of the art world, a position previously reserved for Paris. (routledge.com)
- The phrase served to unite the two dominant aspects of abstract expressionist art: a non-figurative commitment that reduced representational objects to basic geometric forms (abstraction) and the improvisational brushstrokes expressing emotion or conceptual states (expressionism). (routledge.com)
- What do you think of this large-scale abstract expressionist painting? (artsology.com)
- I took the dogs for a walk around my condo development, and in that short trip encountered not one but two "abstract expressionist" cars! (artsology.com)
- An abstract expressionist painting? (artsology.com)
Spirit of Abstract Expressionism1
- The spirit of abstract expressionism : selected writings / by: De Kooning, Elaine. (mtsu.edu)
Painters1
- But the presence in New York during World War II of a number of European painters, including Joan Miro and Matta, as well as the critic Andre Breton, had a marked influence on the abstract expressionists, as did the abstractions of Piet Mondrian and the experiments with "automatic writing" of Andre Masson. (techgrapple.com)
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- Abstract Expressionism" has come to describe a post-World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. (wikipedia.org)
- Abstract Expressionism signaled a new age of American artistic expression in the immediate postwar period (the late 1940s and 1950s). (artsy.net)
- This up-to-date anthology is the first comprehensive collection of key critical writings about Abstract Expressionism from its inception in the 1940s to the present day'--Jacket. (mtsu.edu)
- Rather than being a distinct type of art, Abstract Expressionism is a specific art-movement that started in the 1940s and was famed for New York replacing Paris as the center of the art world. (9mousai.com)
- Although Abstract Expressionism was popular during the 1940s, the term was actually used as early as 1919 when American art historian, Alfred Barr, used the expression to describe the works of Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born painter who resided in Munich. (9mousai.com)
- Abstract Expressionism flourished during the 1940s and 1950s and would become one of the most popular movements in art in years to come. (9mousai.com)
- US #3186h - Celebrate the Century stamp honoring Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s. (mysticstamp.com)
- Abstract expressionism , a post-World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. (graymattersnyc.com)
- Abstract Expressionism was a movement initiated by a group of loosely affiliated artists that came together during the early 1940s, primarily in New York City. (routledge.com)
- Flourishing during the 1940s and the 1950s, Abstract Expressionism gained recognition as the first specifically American movement to achieve an international reputation. (routledge.com)
1950s1
- In the 1950s, Gottlieb began to reject the "all-over painting" found in American abstract painting. (mysticstamp.com)
Wassily Kandinsky1
- Abstract expressionism has many stylistic similarities to the Russian artists of the early 20th century such as Wassily Kandinsky. (wikipedia.org)
Aesthetic of the European abstract schools1
- The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as Futurism, the Bauhaus, and Synthetic Cubism. (wikipedia.org)
20231
- Anticipating Abstract Expressionism" will run from August 3rd to September 30th, 2023. (calabigallery.com)
David Anfam1
- Dr David Anfam, co-curator of Abstract Expressionism said: 'Abstract Expressionism will explore this vast phenomenon in depth and across different media, revealing both its diversity and continuities as it constantly pushed towards extremes. (artsandcollections.com)
Paintings12
- Another important early manifestation of what came to be abstract expressionism is the work of American Northwest artist Mark Tobey, especially his "white writing" canvases, which, though generally not large in scale, anticipate the "all-over" look of Pollock's drip paintings. (wikipedia.org)
- Although it is true that spontaneity or the impression of spontaneity characterized many of the abstract expressionists' works, most of these paintings involved careful planning, especially since their large size demanded it. (wikipedia.org)
- And there are strong paintings by a number of figures often thought marginal to Abstract Expressionism, William Baziotes, Richard Pousette-Dart, Ad Reinhardt, Charles Seliger (born 1926), and Mark Tobey among them. (artcritical.com)
- To my mind, the comparison of this and the other photographs to abstract paintings seemsa pseudo morphism. (artcritical.com)
- Are there framed abstract expressionism paintings available at Chairish? (chairish.com)
- We have 1,700+ framed abstract expressionism paintings for sale. (chairish.com)
- What are the shipping options for abstract expressionism paintings? (chairish.com)
- Abstract expressionism paintings can be shipped to you, and many can be picked up locally. (chairish.com)
- How many vintage abstract expressionism paintings does Chairish have in stock? (chairish.com)
- We have 2,500+ vintage abstract expressionism paintings in stock. (chairish.com)
- Does Chairish have large abstract expressionism paintings for sale? (chairish.com)
- Abstract Expressionism can be characterised by large, abstract and emotionally charged oil paintings, with distinct brush-strokes or mark making that creates the impression of deeply expressive spontaneity. (artsandcollections.com)
Exhibition2
- Their backcloth should be the imposing architecture of Burlington House itself but the facade is visually despoiled by a large poster draped over it announcing in a shouty sort of way that this is where the RA exhibition of 'Abstract Expressionism' is. (peterjonfowler.co.uk)
- This ambitious exhibition will be the first major exhibition of Abstract Expressionism to be held in the UK in almost six decades. (artsandcollections.com)
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- David Anfam's monograph, Abstract Expressionism (Thames & Hudson,1990) remains the mostlucid and plausible account of that movement. (artcritical.com)
Kooning1
- Gestural painting includes techniques that use pronounced, often energetic, brushstrokes as a way of expression, such as pouring and dripping thinned paint onto a raw canvas laid on the ground (Pollock) or dynamic gestures articulating powerful iconic figures and abstract imagery (De Kooning, Franz Kline, and Lee Krasner). (routledge.com)
Canvas2
- Abstract Expressionism canvas prints, framed art, and stretched canvas wall art prints. (accents-n-art.com)
- ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM is a school of art characterized by a high degree of emphasis on the expressive qualities of paint and other materials in their application to the canvas. (techgrapple.com)
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- Yet all four artists are classified as abstract expressionists. (wikipedia.org)
- I wish that Anfam would say more about why his photographers are peers of Abstract Expressionists. (artcritical.com)
- Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, who are often classifîed as " neo-Dada " and "proto-pop" artists, may be grouped with the abstract expressionists, although they were frowned on by many fellow "Club" members. (techgrapple.com)
- The abstract expressionists seemed to view painting as an existential act in which the struggle of the artist with his materials was a search for self-creation, self-definition, and an awareness of human values. (techgrapple.com)
- With these unconventional ways of painting, the Abstract Expressionists sought new forms of self-expression and personal freedom in their work. (graymattersnyc.com)
- Since most first-generation abstract expressionists lived in New York City, the movement was also known as ''The New York School. (routledge.com)
- Despite the fact that most abstract expressionists rejected labels, the term endured. (routledge.com)
- however, all abstract expressionists valued what was termed ''authentic individuality'' and improvisation. (routledge.com)
- Most abstract expressionists began working in the 1930s, so the Great Depression and its aftermath are paramount to understanding their artistic choices. (routledge.com)
- Although the experience encouraged future abstract expressionists to paint on a large scale, artists abandoned the popular movements of the time-regionalism and socialist realism-and their corresponding ideologies (nationalism and socialism) in search of universal art free of totalitarian gist, overt politics, and provincialism. (routledge.com)
Paris3
- Abstract Expressionism was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the Western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris. (wikipedia.org)
- Considered the movement that made New York the centre of the art world (a position previously occupied by Paris), Abstract Expressionism developed just after the great depression and overlapped with the Vietnam War, and allowed America to surface as the pre-eminent global giant. (artsandcollections.com)
- For instance, did you know that Impressionism was once considered an underground, controversial movement or that Abstract Expressionism signaled a shift in the art world from Paris to New York? (mymodernmet.com)
Critics2
- The critics of abstract expressionism / by: Foster, Stephen C. (mtsu.edu)
- In Abstract expressionism: creators and critics (C. Ross, ed. (bvsalud.org)
America1
- Abstract Expressionism is arguably the most important art movement in postwar America. (mtsu.edu)
Gestural2
- They changed the nature of painting with their large, abstract canvases , energetic and gestural lines , and new artistic processes . (graymattersnyc.com)
- Based on trends within the movement, Abstract Expressionism came to be divided into two groups: gestural (action) painting and color field painting. (routledge.com)
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- The rise of Abstract Expressionism has been attributed to the influence of European movements like Cubism and Surrealism , which reached New York in the 1930s and '40s via museum exhibitions, academic institutions, and the stateside relocation of many major European artists due to World War II. (artsy.net)
- Biographies and analysis of the work of the famous American Abstract Expressionism artists. (theartstory.org)
- The artists above are the individuals in the American Abstract Expressionism Artists category that The Art Story has had a chance to research and write up so far. (theartstory.org)
- Also, you can just look at Abstract Expressionism Artists , or just American Artists . (theartstory.org)
- It was the post-war era that really saw Abstract Expressionism take center-stage, as it was seen as an outlet for young artists to create pieces of work based on the man's dark side and human irrationality, something that has been witnessed considerably during World War II. (9mousai.com)
- As Abstract Expressionism was based on the inner-turmoil, it meant that very rare that there would be similar works of art by two different artists. (9mousai.com)
- The first major art movement attributed to American artists, abstract expressionism is a post-world war 2 art movement that started in New York City. (antispin.net)
American3
- Paalen considered ideas of quantum mechanics, as well as idiosyncratic interpretations of the totemic vision and the spatial structure of native-Indian painting from British Columbia and prepared the ground for the new spatial vision of the young American abstracts. (wikipedia.org)
- In its confidence and espousal of freedom of expression, there is a particularly American feeling about Abstract Expressionism,' says the exhibition's curator Edith Devaney. (artsandcollections.com)
- In 1946, Robert Coates adopted the term to designate contemporary American painting, describing Hans Hofmann as representative ''of what some people call the spatter-and-daub school of painting and I [Coates]…have christened abstract expressionism. (routledge.com)
Movement3
- While the movement is closely associated with painting, collagist Anne Ryan and certain sculptors in particular were also integral to abstract expressionism. (wikipedia.org)
- Except for its French orientation, their movement was virtually identical with abstract expressionism. (techgrapple.com)
- In sculpture, no single movement can be traced directly to abstract expressionism, although the works of such individuals as Reuben Nakian, David Smith, and Richard Stankiewicz show influences of the movement. (techgrapple.com)
Rothko1
- Newman, Gottlieb, and Rothko first experimented with symbols deriving from surrealism, but their symbols became increasingly abstract, and the pictorial means and structures they employed became more and more simplified. (techgrapple.com)
Formal1
- Never a formal affiliation, Abstract Expressionism encompasses a variety of styles and represents an artistic attitude rather than a single form of expression. (routledge.com)
Artist4
- This blog is run by an abstract expressionism artist based in the UK. (feedspot.com)
- Art Abstract Expressionism Artist UK is obviously already a fantastic very popular art blog in its own right, and it is now being said in wider circles that it will become the very best top recommended art blog there is in NFT entrepreneurship and now also Ethereum Blockchain Ethscriptions too. (feedspot.com)
- Art Abstract Expressionism Artist UK ranks No.1 in Google analytics for NFT website viewing. (feedspot.com)
- By the time he returned to New York, many of his artist friends criticized his work for being too abstract. (mysticstamp.com)
Artistic1
- The post-war McCarthy era was a time of artistic censorship in the United States, but if the subject matter were totally abstract then it would be seen as apolitical, and therefore safe. (wikipedia.org)
Work2
- He wanted the work to speak for itself, saying 'My art is not abstract, it lives and breathes. (antispin.net)
- Much was made of the sense of isolation and heyday of abstract expressionism, as well as a resurgence despair in his work and their connection with modern life. (cdc.gov)
Figures1
- He abstracted interfering elements, Wyeth's empathetic portrait of his friend's physical reducing the picture to an object or surrounding that cap- impairment symbolizes the limits imposed by illness, in tured their essence, while the figures themselves were no her case, undiagnosed and misunderstood, in his, finally longer present. (cdc.gov)
Items1
- View abstract abstract expressionism items available for purchase, specially curated by Exhibit by Aberson. (abersonexhibits.com)
Gallery1
- Abstract expressionism arose during the war and began to be showcased during the early forties at galleries in New York such as The Art of This Century Gallery. (wikipedia.org)
Images1
- Below are 2 different interesting images that I saw while in the NYC subway system today, both of which make me think of Abstract Expressionism. (artsology.com)