1、Abstract ExpressionismThe first truly American visual art form that helped put New York as a cultural capital (perhaps even above Paris).Drawing from Surrealism, they developed the NEW YORK SCHOOL, which comprised action painting, Jazz, abstract expressionism and improvisional theatre.This period of

2、 art was special because it was the first to recognize art with NO identifiable subject matter!Jackson Pollock, No. 5, 1948, 1948.Two Categories for Abstract Expressionism:Action PaintingColor-Field PaintingJackson PollockAffected by surrealism and also by Picasso, he moved toward a highly abstract

3、art in order to express, rather than illustrate, feeling.His experimentations led to the development of his famous drip technique, in which he energetically drew or dripped complicated linear rhythms onto big canvases, which were often placed flat on the floor. Jackson PollockHe sometimes applied pa

4、int directly from the tube, and at times also used aluminum paint to achieve a glittery effect. His vigorous attack on the canvas and intense devotion to the very act of painting led to the term action painting. Jackson PollockOn the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the paintin

5、g, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally in the painting. Jackson Pollock, 1947.Died in a drunk driving accident in 1956 Jackson PollockJackson Pollock, Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952.Jackson PollockJackson Pollock, Lavender Mist: Number 1, 1950.Jackson Pollo

6、ck, Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950.Willem de Kooning(1904-1997)Dutch-born American Action painterAttempted to combine the expressiveness of Abstract Expressionism with recognizable objectsWillem de KooningWillem de Kooning, Asheville, 1948.Willem de Kooning,Woman V, 1952-53.Willem de KooningWillem d

7、e Kooning,Woman I, 1952.Willem de KooningMark Rothko(1903-1997)Emigrated to the United States fromRussia in 1913 Part of the New York SchoolUsed bands of color as the only truemeans of capturing feelingMark RothkoRothko paintings on displayMark RothkoMark Rothko, No.10, 1950.By 1950 Rothko had reduc

8、ed the number of floating rectangles to two, three, or four and aligned them vertically against a colored ground, arriving at his signature style. Mark RothkoMark Rothko, White Center, 1950.From that time on he would work almost invariably within this format, suggesting in numerous variations of col

9、or and tone an astonishing range of atmospheres and moods. Mark RothkoIn 1954 he asked that his largest pictures be installed so that they must be first encountered at close quarters, so that the first experience is to be within the picture. Mark RothkoRothko after completing his painting, Black Squ

10、are.Mark RothkoHelen Frankenthaler (1928-)Frankenthaler was a “Post-Painterly Abstract Expressionist whose transparent, bare brushstrokes were influenced by PollockHelen FrankenthalerPost-painterly Abstraction was a new movement in painting which derived from the Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s

11、and 1950s but favored openness or clarity as opposed to the dense painterly surfaces of that painting style. Helen Frankenthaler, Other Generations,1957. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISMHelen FrankenthalerThe first Jackson Pollock show Frankenthaler saw was in 1951. She had this to say about seeing Pollocks paintings Autumn Rhythm, Number 30, 1950 (1950), Number One (1950), and Lavender Mist:It was all there. I wanted to live in this land. I had to live there, and master the language.He