Abstract expressionism Flashcards
who started Abstract expressionism?
Piet Mondrian and Max Ernst
when and where did Abstract expressionism start?
1943 and the mid-1950s and it transferred from Paris to new york.
what were the most famous abstract expressionism paintings?
blue nudes, mural, the sorrows of the king and Autumn Rhythm.
the main exponents were similar to the genre of?
Jackson Pollock, de Kooning, and Rothko.
the first exhibition was?
The first public exhibitions of work by the ``New York School’’ of artists– who were to become known as Abstract Expressionists– were held in the mid-‘40s.
does abstract expression describe only one expression or a general attitude?
expresses a general attitude
how did Abstract expression become successful?
due to the efforts of the critics Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg
