Action painting
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Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Action painting canonical | 7 |
| action painting movement | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract art
ⓘ
art movement ⓘ painting style ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist |
Franz Kline
ⓘ
Grace Hartigan ⓘ Hans Hofmann ⓘ Jackson Pollock ⓘ Joan Mitchell ⓘ Lee Krasner ⓘ Norman Bluhm ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | New York City ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
art as event
ⓘ
art as record of action ⓘ existentialism in art ⓘ psychological expression ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
dynamic gesture
ⓘ
emphasis on physical act of painting ⓘ improvisation ⓘ large-scale canvases ⓘ non-representational imagery ⓘ spontaneous brushwork ⓘ visible energy of the painter ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Harold Rosenberg ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
color field painting
ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emergedInDecade |
1940s
ⓘ
1950s ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
artist’s gesture
ⓘ
materiality of paint ⓘ process over finished image ⓘ |
| influenced |
happenings
ⓘ
later abstract painting ⓘ performance art ⓘ process art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cubism
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
surface form:
European modernism
Expressionism ⓘ
surface form:
German Expressionism
Surrealism ⓘ automatism ⓘ |
| movementIn | modern art ⓘ |
| relatedGenre | abstract expressionist painting ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Abstract expressionism
ⓘ
surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
gestural abstraction ⓘ |
| termCoinedInYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
dripping
ⓘ
pouring ⓘ rapid brushstrokes ⓘ splashing ⓘ staining ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
action painting movement