The term ''Abstract Expressionism'' was first used in Germany in connection with Russian Artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1919. However, was named as an ''American Movement''
Influenced by Surrealism and Cubism
Two major within Abstract Expressionism
Colour Field Painters
Gesture Painters
A lot of male artists which were drunk most of the time
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
'Aviation'
'Hand-to-mind
Jackson Pollock (1912-(1956)
First artist to feature in ''Life'' magazine
Seen as the main Abstract artist
Super raw paintings, selected certain paints but not all were Art paint (some were house paints)
Willem De Kooning (1904-1997)
Had a wife which was also an Artist
Mainly figurative abstract
Violent, Angry, Aggressive paintings
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Very graphic
Most of his art don't have titles
Franz Kline (1910-1962)
Again very graphic
simple yet complex
''New York, New York''
Huge canvases
Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Was a Jewish-American artist
Again very simple
mixed canvas sizes from very small to huge
Hans Hoffman (1880-1966)
'Indian Summer'
'The Gate'
Very Geometric
Bernett Newman (1805-1970)
Extremely simple
'Zips'
Very much a Colourist
Very structured to effect the eyes
Clyfford Still (1904-1980)
'Number 2'
'Broken Compositions'
Thick paint
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