Abstract Expressionism is considered the first major American art movement, but, as Gabriel shows, it was also a movement that could only have happened in America. Although the avant-garde was not new ...

Example: Barnett Newman, author of the catalog for a show of Northwest Coast Indian Painting at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1946, explained that the Indians’ important works (and by extension ...

'Heroines of Abstract Expressionism' at the Fenimore Art Museum brings to the forefront 19 eminent women from the groundbreaking mid-century American art movement through 30 examples of their work.

If you’re struggling to enjoy Abstract Expressionism, start with texture. Place yourself right in front of Pollock’s Number 28, 1950 , Mark Bradford’s Duck Walk , or de Kooning’s Easter ...

Abstract expressionism should not be regarded as little more than fourth grade play. The school’s dramatic variation from its more strictly defined, more realistic predecessors is by no means a ...

Abstract expressionism is often considered the first artistic movement to shift the centre of Western art from Europe to the US, and more precisely New York. But what is it, and how did this happen?

Sotheby's to Sell Abstract, Expressionist, ... They span "masterpieces of the late 19th century to pioneering examples of early abstraction and expressionism," the house said in a statement.

Abstract expressionism is coming to Washburn University. Mulvane Art Museum has opened a new exhibit: "Women of Abstract Expressionism." The exhibition contains paintings and drawings curated from ...

In the late 1940s and early '50s, when Abstract Expressionism first erupted, life wasn't easy for those who adopted it as their practice. ... Take Mitchell as a luscious example.