Abstract expressionism

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20th-century art movement art movement painting style

Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement, centered in New York, characterized by large-scale, gestural, and emotionally charged painting that emphasizes spontaneous, expressive brushwork and the artist’s inner psyche.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Abstract Expressionism 269
Abstract expressionism canonical 25
abstract expressionism 9

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
painting style ⓘ
artHistoricalContext first major American avant-garde movement ⓘ
helped establish New York as a global art center ⓘ
artisticMedium painting ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Adolph Gottlieb ⓘ
Arshile Gorky ⓘ
Barnett Newman ⓘ
Clyfford Still ⓘ
Franz Kline ⓘ
Hans Hofmann ⓘ
Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Joan Mitchell ⓘ
Lee Krasner ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
Philip Guston ⓘ
Robert Motherwell ⓘ
Willem de Kooning ⓘ
associatedWithArtistGroup New York School ⓘ
centeredIn New York City ⓘ
characterizedBy abstraction ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ
emphasis on the artist’s psyche ⓘ
gestural brushwork ⓘ
large-scale compositions ⓘ
non-representational imagery ⓘ
spontaneous application of paint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emergedAfter World War II ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
emphasizes improvisation ⓘ
individual expression ⓘ
process over finished product ⓘ
flourishedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
hasMovementSubdivision Action painting ⓘ
Color Field painting ⓘ
surface form: Color field painting
influenced Orphism ⓘ
surface form: Lyrical abstraction

Neo-Expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Neo-expressionism

post-painterly abstraction ⓘ
surface form: Post-painterly abstraction

contemporary abstract painting ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
opposedTo Regionalism ⓘ
Social realism ⓘ
usesTechnique all-over composition ⓘ
drip painting ⓘ
impasto ⓘ
staining ⓘ

Referenced by (324)

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Jackson Pollock → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
Jackson Pollock → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: American abstract expressionism
Expressionism → hasPart → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Expressionism → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Pop art → reactsAgainst → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Mark Rothko → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Barnett Newman → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Lee Krasner → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
Arshile Gorky → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Arshile Gorky → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Arshile Gorky → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Abstract Expressionist painters
Regionalism → criticizedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Regionalism (art movement)
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionists
Surrealism → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Robert Rauschenberg → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Richard Diebenkorn → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Willem de Kooning → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
Willem de Kooning → influencedMovement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
Jasper Johns → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Jasper Johns → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Action painting → subclassOf → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
No. 5, 1948 → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
No. 5, 1948 → hasArtisticMovement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Lavender Mist (Number 1, 1950) → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Mural (1943) → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by Jackson Pollock → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952)
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by Jackson Pollock → creatorMovement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952)
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Neo-Expressionism → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works) → artMovement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Color Field painting → partOf → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Color Field painting → developedFrom → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Nouveau Réalisme → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth → hasCollectionStrength → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Nicolas de Staël → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
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Karel Appel → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
Antoni Tàpies → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Informalism
Antoni Tàpies → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Art Informel
Antoni Tàpies → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tachisme
Frank Stella → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Stuart Sutcliffe → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: abstract expressionism
Helen Frankenthaler → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Georg Baselitz → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Joan Mitchell → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Joan Mitchell → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second-generation Abstract Expressionism
Grace Hartigan → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Grace Hartigan → participantIn → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionist movement in the United States
Tonalism → influenced → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Al Held → influencedBy → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism
Agnes Martin → movement → Abstract expressionism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abstract Expressionism