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Categories: Painting techniques, Art Informel and Tachisme, Abstract expressionism, Contemporary art movements, Western art

Abstract Expressionism action painting Abstract-expressionism Action+Painting action-painting

A New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles WordNet 3.0

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A New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. Wikipedia

A form of abstract expressionism Wikipedia Disambiguation

Style of painting Wikidata

An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques, such as sinuous linearity, to generate highly abstract forms while allowing the artist spontaneity. Wiktionary

Genre of modern art. Wiktionary (translation)

A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image. Wiktionary

Genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas. Wiktionary (translation)

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PART OF

abstract expressionism

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Harold Rosenberg

PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH

Tachisme