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 ...

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 Expressionist New York: The Big Picture,” at the Museum of Modern Art, digs deep into the bedrock of the first American art style of international stature.

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 ...

As a successful heir of the Abstract Expressionist school, Mr. Milder has traced an extraordinary trajectory in art. Never a follower, he has spent seven decades forging his own iconoclastic path ...

The selection of more than 150 paintings by 80 artists orbits Abstract Expressionism but demonstrates how the movement’s experimental spirit travelled and evolved far beyond US borders.

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 ...