New York School abstract expressionism/Definition: Difference between revisions

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Started in [[New York City]] <blockquote>The dominant movement in American painting in the late 1940s and the 1950s, characterized by a desire to convey powerful emotions through the sensuous qualities of paint, often on canvases of huge size.</blockquote>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299204717&referer=brief_results ''Abstract Expressionism,''] (Oxford University Press, 1998.) ISBN 0192116452
An active subgroup of the [[American]] movement in [[abstract impressionism]]

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Started in New York City

The dominant movement in American painting in the late 1940s and the 1950s, characterized by a desire to convey powerful emotions through the sensuous qualities of paint, often on canvases of huge size.

Abstract Expressionism, (Oxford University Press, 1998.) ISBN 0192116452