Abstract expressionism

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Abstract Expressionist

Abstract expressionism was an America post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and also the one that put New York City at the center of the art world, a role formerly filled by Paris. Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism. In the USA, Alfred Barr... full article at wikipedia

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artwork	artist
No. 10	Mark Rothko
Excavation	Willem de Kooning
Green and Tangerine on Red	Mark Rothko
Green and Maroon	Mark Rothko
Orange and Red on Red	Mark Rothko
Ochre and Red on Red	Mark Rothko
Hermala II	Roberto Matta
Alpha-Pi	Morris Louis Bernstein
Where	Morris Louis Bernstein
The Springs	Lee Krasner
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