ABSTRACT

EXPRESSIONISM
PRESENTED BY:
ANG, DANIEL VICTOR
NIDUAZA, DWAYN
OLIMPO, KYLE
 ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

• was an art movement in the mid 1940's.

It originated in Greenwhich Village, New
York.
• Abstract Expressionism includes aspects
of cubism, surrealism, and
abstractionism.
• often characterized by gestural brush-
strokes or mark-making, and the
impression of spontaneity.

SPONTANEITY- the quality of being natural

 1. Color Field Painting
TWO TYPES OF
ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM 2. Action Painting
(Gestural Painting)
 1. COLOR FIELD PAINTING

• Uses blocks of color to express emotion

• The color gives the painting the feeling
they want to portray

*More organized than Action Painting

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 2. ACTION PAINTING
(GESTURAL PAINTING)

• Artist focuses more on the process of the

painting.
• Hard to tell what the message is behind
the painting.

*Messy
• https://prezi.com/qlxqxwjuveeg/abstract-expressionism-
powerpoint/
• https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/abstract-
expressionism
• https://www.boredart.com/2016/09/brilliant-examples-
of-color-field-paintings.html