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abstract expressionism
The definition of abstract expressionism is a post World War II form of spontaneous painting that is nonrepresentational and uses improvisation.
(noun)An example of abstract expressionism is the painting “Lavender Mist: Number 1” by Jackson Pollock.
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See abstract expressionism in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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a post-WWII movement in painting characterized by emphasis on the artist's spontaneous and self-expressive application of paint in creating a nonrepresentational composition
See abstract expressionism in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A school of painting that flourished after World War II until the early 1960s, characterized by the view that art is nonrepresentational and chiefly improvisational.
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