Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism - (Fine Art) Term applied to
a movement in American painting and art, that was first coined in relation to
the work of Vasily Kandinsky in 1929. This movement flourished in the 1940s and
1950s, sometimes referred to as the New York School or Action Painting. The
works of the generation of artists active in New York from the 1940s and
regarded as Abstract Expressionists had a diverse range of style. It undeniably
became the first American visual art to attain international status and
influence. Abstract Expressionism has been interpreted as an especially
‘American’ style because of its attention to the physical immediacy of paint.
The artists were linked by a concern with varying degrees of abstraction used to
convey strong emotional or expressive content. However, the majority of
Abstract Expressionists rejected critical labels and shared, a common sense of
moral purpose and alienation from American society. It has also been seen
as a continuation of the Romantic tradition of the Sublime.
Jackson Pollock
Hans Hoffman
List of Books About Abstract Expressionism
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Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism by Irving Sandler
Art Now: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism
by Edward Lucie-Smith
Abstract Expressionism (World of Art) by David Anfam
Abstract expressionism, the formative years by Robert Carleton Hobbs
Modern Art: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries