Past and Today's Abstract Expressionist Painting

Among all other movements in art history development the place of honour is occupied by abstract expressionism painting. The movement itself is related to American post World War II period, and the first to use the term «abstract expressionism» was art critic Robert Coates in 1929. The movement is especially significant in the history of American art history since it helped to place the New York at the center of the art world, the place formerly occupied by Paris.

The movement didn't appeared detached, it followed surrealism which is known due to it's focus on spontaneous and subconscious. The abstract expressionist painting technique – dripping paint onto a canvas has much in common with Max Ernst's works. The name itself of the movement contains the reminders of another movements: the German expressionists and the European abstract schools such as futurism, the Bauhaus and synthetic cubism.

As a result, the works that fall within abstract expressionism paintings category reveal the features particular to the above mentioned styles, schools and movements. Abstract expressionism paintings artists were the artists working in New York mainly. Such paintings combined various styles which even sometimes were not especially abstract nor expressionist. For instance, the abstract expressionism paintings of Jackson Pollock can be characterised as energetic "action paintings", while Willem de Kooning works were violent and grotesque.

The works were also different in terms of planning: some painting revealed utmost spontaneity, while other ones featured proper planning. The spiritual, the unconscious and the mind also run through the works of the well known artists creating abstract expressionist painting, such Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Emma Kunz, Barnett Newman and Agnes Martin. In any way, all the works were regarded as abstract expressionism painting.

The representatives of other areas, sculptors, poets, photographers, filmmakers of that period took up the tendency and the ideas of the movement and became the important members of the it. The movement became significant event that preceded Tachisme, Color Field painting, Lyrical Abstraction, Fluxus, Pop Art, Minimalism, Postminimalism, Neo-expressionism, and the other movements and influenced the movement appeared later on. A lot of painters continue to work in this style these days introducing new features into it. To view the results of such work one can browse the website of contemporary abstract painter Valeriy Klinkov. He created his works in different styles, including abstract expressionism. His oil paintings are exhibited for sale. With the help of the online gallery one can easily and fast choose the painting to add it to one's private collection. V.Klinkov fine art for sale is a great opportunity to obtain talented piece of art created by contemporary artist.