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abstract expressionism
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abstract expressionism
n.
A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational.
Abstract Expressionism
a spontaneous, intuitive painting technique producing nonformal work characterized by sinuous lines. Also called Action Painting.
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Noun1.abstract expressionismAbstract Expressionism - a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
action painting
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles


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There were three kinds of works in Beatrice Caracciolo's recent exhibition: exquisitely animated abstract expressionist drawings; others that look more like landscapes (and which introduce art-historically familiar material in the form of allusions to Chinese landscape and Japanese calligraphy), and unexpectedly bold suspended or freestanding sculptures comprised of zinc sheets mounted on wooden substructures.
Beatrice Caracciolo: Charles Cowles Gallery, Inc by Kuspit, Donald / Artforum International
VALENCIA - A survey of the career of a highly regarded artist, teacher and innovator, ``Emerson Woelffer: A Solo Flight'' is a tribute to the Los Angeles-based abstract expressionist that spans six decades.
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Nonetheless, if one perseveres by cutting through the linguistic underbrush there are wonderful passages from both men about the nature of prayer, their mutual interest in mystical literature, the character of art (they were close friends of the abstract expressionist painter, Ad Reinhardt), the follies of politics, both ecclesiastical and civil.
When Prophecy Still Had a Voice: The Letters of Thomas Merton and ... by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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