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Definition of Abstract expressionism
1. Noun. A New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles.
Definition of Abstract expressionism
1. Noun. An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques to generate highly abstract forms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstract Expressionism
Literary usage of Abstract expressionism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Barbara M. Reise in 1968 argued that Greenberg had written an article in 1962
entitled "After abstract expressionism," in which he revealed an acceptance of ..."
2. Sowboy by Richard Miller (2003)
"Bill would like rock'n'roll and call it abstract expressionism, ... "Do you
sometimes think of rock'n'roll as abstract expressionism in music? ..."
3. Sculpture in Rotterdam by Jan van Adrichem, Jelle Bouwhuis, Mariette Dölle (2002)
"... as one of the exponents of abstract expressionism,the avant-garde movement in
which New York acquired a pre-eminent role in modern art around 1 950. ..."
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