Abstract expressionism Flashcards

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who started Abstract expressionism?

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Piet Mondrian and Max Ernst

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when and where did Abstract expressionism start?

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1943 and the mid-1950s and it transferred from Paris to new york.

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what were the most famous abstract expressionism paintings?

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blue nudes, mural, the sorrows of the king and Autumn Rhythm.

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the main exponents were similar to the genre of?

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Jackson Pollock, de Kooning, and Rothko.

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the first exhibition was?

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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.

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does abstract expression describe only one expression or a general attitude?

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expresses a general attitude

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how did Abstract expression become successful?

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due to the efforts of the critics Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg

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