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.

Aliases (4)

Abstract Expressionism ×27
Abstract Expressionists ×1
American Abstract Expressionist painters ×1
American abstract expressionism ×1

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 →
emergedAfter	World War II →
emergedInDecade	1940s →
emphasizes	improvisation → individual expression → process over finished product →
flourishedInDecade	1950s →
hasMovementSubdivision	Action painting → Color field painting →
influenced	Lyrical abstraction → Neo-expressionism → 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 (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arshile Gorky ("Abstract Expressionism") → Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) ("Abstract Expressionism") → Barnett Newman ("Abstract Expressionism") → Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) ("Abstract Expressionism") → Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) ("Abstract Expressionism") → Jackson Pollock → Jasper Johns ("Abstract Expressionism") → Lavender Mist (Number 1, 1950) ("Abstract Expressionism") → Lee Krasner → Mark Rothko ("Abstract Expressionism") → Mural (1943) ("Abstract Expressionism") → No. 5, 1948 ("Abstract Expressionism") → Richard Diebenkorn ("Abstract Expressionism") → Robert Rauschenberg ("Abstract Expressionism") → Willem de Kooning →	movement
Arshile Gorky ("Abstract Expressionism") → Arshile Gorky ("American Abstract Expressionist painters") → Expressionism ("Abstract Expressionism") → Jackson Pollock ("American abstract expressionism") → Surrealism ("Abstract Expressionism") →	influenced
Jasper Johns ("Abstract Expressionism") → Neo-Expressionism ("Abstract Expressionism") → Nouveau Réalisme ("Abstract Expressionism") →	influencedBy
Rothko Room (Mark Rothko works) ("Abstract Expressionism") →	artMovement
Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) ("Abstract Expressionism") →	creatorMovement
Regionalism (art movement) ("Abstract Expressionists") →	criticizedBy
Color Field painting ("Abstract Expressionism") →	developedFrom
No. 5, 1948 ("Abstract Expressionism") →	hasArtisticMovement
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ("Abstract Expressionism") →	hasCollectionStrength
Expressionism ("Abstract Expressionism") →	hasPart
Willem de Kooning →	influencedMovement
Color Field painting ("Abstract Expressionism") →	partOf
Pop art ("Abstract Expressionism") →	reactsAgainst
Action painting ("Abstract Expressionism") →	subclassOf