Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York City and was the foremost modernist direction of the 1940s and 1950s, producing the most daring, adventurous, and forceful art. Abstract Expressionism was an approach to modernism/post-modernism accentuating the uninhibited expression of emotions. Like many other modern movements, it does not describe any one particular style, but rather a general attitude and similar characteristics. It presents a broad range of stylistic diversity within its largely, though not exclusively, nonrepresentational framework.
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