Abstract expressionism is a post-World War II American art movement that emerged in New York City in the 1940s, marking the city's rise as a center of the western art world. The movement, which encompasses a range of styles including vigorous gestural expressions and abstract forms, was influenced by European surrealists and the unconscious. Notable figures include Herbert Ferber, known for his sculptural forms, and Mark Tobey, whose work echoes Asian calligraphy.

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• It is a post-World War II art movement in
American painting, that is developed in New
York City in 1940

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• It was the first specifically American
movement to achieve international influence
and put New York City at the center of the
western art world

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• The term "Abstract Expressionism" was first
used in Germany in connection with
Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1919

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• Abstract expressionism has many stylistic
similarities to the Russian artists of the early
20th century

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• It was somehow meant to encompass not
only the work of painters who filled their
canvases with fields of color and abstract
forms, but also those who attacked their
canvases with a vigorous gestural
expressionism.

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• Political instability in Europe in the 1930s
brought several leading Surrealists to New
York, and many of the Abstract
Expressionists were profoundly influenced
by the style and by its focus on the
unconscious

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• Messiness
• Sometimes “gestural writing” in a loosely
calligraphic manner
• Unconventional application of paint, usually
without a recognizable subject

9. SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE OF
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• Herbert Ferber
• April 30, 1906 – August 20, 1991
• Ferber's best-known sculptures are open,
hollow forms in soldered and welded metal.
While abstract, their titles and spiky forms often
suggest forces in conflict.

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• Mark Tobey
• December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976
• His densely structured compositions,
inspired by Asian calligraphy,
resemble Abstract expressionism.

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