Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Abstract Expressionism 1945-1960

  • Unconventional application of paint, usually without a recognizable subject that tends toward amorphous shapes in brilliant colors.
  • Dripping, smearing, slathering, and flinging lots of paint on to the canvas 
  • Sometimes gestural "writing" in a loosely calligraphic manner.
Wassily Kandinsky:
Kinder Art 1952

Booooooooom 1959

Williem de Kooning:
Bidding tons 1946

Macaulay 1952

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