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'''Abstract expressionism''' is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.
[[File:Boon_James_Brooks_1957.jpg|thumb|''Boon'' by James Brooks.]]'''Abstract expressionism''' is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.


Not to be confused with [[Abstract art]].
It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.
 
Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine ''Der Sturm'', regarding German Expressionism.


== Description ==
In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky.


It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.
== In the News ==
 
<gallery mode="traditional">
File:Adolf Woelfli.jpg|link=Outsider art (nonfiction)|[[Outsider art (nonfiction)|Swiss conscientious objector]] looks to the future, has no time for Abstract expressionism.
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Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine ''Der Sturm'', regarding German Expressionism.
== Fiction cross-reference ==


In the United States, [[Alfred Barr (nonfiction)]] was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by [[Wassily Kandinsky (nonfiction)]].
* [[Manhattan Project]] - a research and development project that produced abstract expressionist weapons during World War II.
* [[Super-Curie]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Alfred Barr (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Wassily Kandinsky (nonfiction)]]
 
== External links ==


* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Abstract_expressionism Abstract expressionism] @ wiki.karljones.com
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism Abstract expressionism] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism Abstract expressionism] @ Wikipedia


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Latest revision as of 08:12, 29 January 2017

Boon by James Brooks.

Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.

It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.

Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism.

In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

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