abstract expressionism in English

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a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (e.g., action painting). Leading figures were Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.
There is also a large selection of styles - from landscapes and still lifes to abstract expressionism and surrealist art.
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1. ‘Crystallizations’ was created in 1944 by Mark Tobey in Abstract Expressionism style

2. O'Hara's list of friends reads like a Who's Who of abstract expressionism.

3. Styles mentioned in the book include Abstract Expressionism, Futurism, Bauhaus, Cubism, and Lyrical Abstractionism.

4. He coined the term Action Painting in 1952 for what was later to be known as abstract expressionism.

5. After World War II the term School of Paris often referred to Tachisme, the European equivalent of American abstract expressionism.

6. Mostly rendered as abstract expressionism and cubist creations, his Cursors really should be blown up about 400 times and given an exhibit at MOMA." Ron White, groovyPost executive editor and best-selling author of "How Computers Work"

7. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s Brushstrokes series was a subversive, sly nod at the abstract expressionism movement, as well as a tribute to artists such as Jackson Pollock.The first piece of the series, Brushstrokes, took its inspiration from a panel in a comic book, like many of Lichtenstein’s artworks.Lichtenstein explained, “You think it’s a picture of a brush stroke.