Some facts about abstract expressionism painting

Abstract expressionism movement began in the late 1940s and was spread mainly in Western painting. The most prominent abstract expressionism painting artists are Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, and others.

Exploring the roots of abstract expressionism movement development it is possible to see that there are various styles used by the representatives of the movement in their works. However, comparing the examples of abstract expressionism several broad characteristics shared by the works can be revealed: free, spontaneous emotional expression, such qualities as sensuousness, dynamism, violence, mystery, lyricism is present on such paintings. To achieve such effect the artists use freedom of technique. The emphasis on the intuitive application of that paint, made by the followers of abstract expressionism painting, remind the automatism of the surrealism. Expressionism abstract painting depicts the abandonment of conventionally structured composition. Traditionally abstract expressionism painting is created on large canvas – the size of canvases also allows to achieve desirable visual effects.

Abstract expressionism painting implies various approaches, and action painting is one of them. This style can be characterized by rapid and dynamic handling of paint, which is dripped or spilled directly onto the canvas. The first artists that practiced such technique was Pollock. Painting their works abstract expressionists also referred to expressive brushstrokes to achieve richly coloured and textured images. However, among the artworks created within the period of abstract expressionism development it is possible to come across with quite different paintings, some of them reveal lyrical and fluid shapes, while there are also forceful and structured works.

The appearance of the movement had great impact on the American and European art, it has introduced changes by making New York City the creative centre of modern painting in the post war time. The decline of the movement began by 1960.

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