action painting

Noun

Meaning

a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

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Synonyms

abstract expressionism cubism art style dadaism automatism fauvism constructivism tachism gesturalism hard-edge painting drip painting informalism color field painting gestural abstraction
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Hypernyms

art movement artistic movement

Examples

As seen in action painting there is an emphasis on brushstrokes, high compositional drama, dynamic compositional tension. Source: Internet

Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting. Source: Internet

Setting it apart from abstract expressionism and action painting of the 1940s and 1950s is the approach to composition and drama. Source: Internet

The affective content of an action painting is replaced by a painted image that, paradoxically, resembles an industrial product." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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