Besides, Abstract Expressionism, “defined in the histories by the work of a few well-known, larger-than-life painters,” has been particularly plagued by a myth of machismo.

Move with the motion of the paint application. A subcategory of Abstract Expressionism is “action painting.” Feel the “action” of the works by Pollock and de Kooning.

Born in post-war New York, Abstract Expressionism was a watershed moment in the evolution of 20th-century art which redefined the nature of painting. Yet, remarkably, there has been no major ...

Associated with a group of artists working in New York in the 1940s, abstract expressionism came to be known as the quintessential American and modern art movement. Heirs to the progressive ...