Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism, also known as action painting, was the term used to describe the movement in american painting that began its successes in th 1940s' and 1950s'.
Artists who contributed to the movement were called Abstract Expressionists. Some artists were Barnett Newman, Willem de kooning, David Smith and Ibram Lassaw among others. Artists in this movement did not care about critics  This movement has some romantic traditions in it and became the first american movement that got international recognition.







information taken from school notes.