abstract expressionists
Postwar American avant-garde painters
Abstract expressionists are artists associated with the mid-20th-century American movement emphasizing spontaneous, emotional, and non-representational painting.
The term covers painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, whose work ranged from gestural action painting to contemplative color fields.
The abstract expressionists made New York the center of the art world after World War II.
Spontaneous, physical mark-making
- post-war artArt made after conflicts
- MoMANew York contemporary gallery
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
Not depicting reality
- emotiveArousing strong feelings
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- rawIn original state
intense · visceral · dynamic · bold · lyrical · primal · heroic · unfinished
Art movement exploring dreams
- CubismFragmented geometric abstraction
- Jungian psychologyDepth therapy emphasizing archetypes
- Native American artCreative works by original peoples
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
Mondrian · Picasso · Miró · myth · archetype · collective unconscious
Art via gravity-fed paint
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- squeegeeRubber-edged cleaning tool
- palette knifeFlat blade for mixing colors
house paint · enamel · tacking
action painting
Spontaneous, physical mark-making
- post-war artArt made after conflicts
- MoMANew York contemporary gallery
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
Jackson Pollock
non-representational
Not depicting reality
- emotiveArousing strong feelings
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
raw · intense · visceral · dynamic · bold · lyrical · primal · heroic · unfinished · ambiguous
Surrealism
Art movement exploring dreams
- CubismFragmented geometric abstraction
- Jungian psychologyDepth therapy emphasizing archetypes
- Native American artCreative works by original peoples
Kandinsky · Mondrian · Picasso · Miró · myth · archetype · collective unconscious
drip painting
Art via gravity-fed paint
- automatismInvoluntary mechanical behavior
- impastoHeavily applied pigment technique
- squeegeeRubber-edged cleaning tool
abstract expressionistsrealists
Those accepting things as-is
photorealists · hyperrealists · naturalists · Old Masters · Pre-Raphaelites
abstract expressionistsphotorealists
Artists painting photograph-like images
minimalists · conceptual artists · pop artists · constructivists
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