"The American Action Painters"
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"The American Action Painters" is a landmark 1952 essay by art critic Harold Rosenberg that introduced and defined the concept of Action Painting within Abstract Expressionism.
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| "The American Action Painters" canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
art criticism essay
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essay ⓘ |
| artisticConceptIntroduced | Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New York School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Harold Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalContext | mid-20th-century American art criticism ⓘ |
| describes | painting as an arena in which to act ⓘ |
| discusses |
existential approach to art
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psychological dimension of painting ⓘ role of the artist’s gesture ⓘ |
| field | art criticism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
artist’s action as content of the work
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process of painting ⓘ |
| genre | theoretical essay ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
interpretation of Jackson Pollock’s work
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interpretation of Willem de Kooning’s work ⓘ subsequent theories of performance in visual art ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical reception of Abstract Expressionism
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interpretation of gestural abstraction ⓘ |
| keyTermCoined | Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Abstract Expressionism
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Action Painting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementDiscussed | Abstract Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defining the term Action Painting
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shifting focus from finished artwork to act of painting ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed | post–World War II American art ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence | existentialism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
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