Midcentury Abstract Expressionism
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Masonite, Oil
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Etching
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Watercolor
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Board
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Paper, Gouache
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Linen, Plaster, Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Masonite, Oil
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Permanent Marker
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Wood
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Assemblage Abstract Sculptures
Wood
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Ink, Gouache, Screen, Graphite
1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint, Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Linen, Oil, Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Ink
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pastel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Masonite, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Paper, Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Board
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Gold, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Paper, Gouache
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How Much is a Midcentury Abstract Expressionism?
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Abstract expressionism art is focused on emotional expression which emphasizes the creative and spontaneous act. This art originated in New York in the ‘40's and ‘50's.Glenn Green GalleriesFebruary 24, 2021Abstract Expressionism is a non traditional movement of art employing differing styles and techniques. Mostly non-representational in form and media, created with emotion, action and creative means including sculpture, painting and printmaking.Irena Orlov ArtFebruary 25, 2021From the stains of Jackson Pollock, the deformed bodies of Willem de Kooning, the red paint of Philip Guston to the chaotic patterns of Mark Tobey, these works have changed the course of American painting. These artists were part of Abstract Expressionism, developed after World War II and the Holocaust, and were the first American avant-garde. The terrible events of the war were followed by a period of uncertainty and questioning of human morality. Consequently, many artists began to create heartbreaking works without external references. They stopped being inspired by reality as it was discouraging and took refuge within themselves, their emotions, approaching abstract language. However, it was not a collective and that is why there are so many styles and very personal works. This resulted in the proliferation of works of art that included torn forms of creation in which aesthetic enjoyment, as it was understood until then, was left aside. These artists were united by disenchantment with reality, loneliness, and anguish. The main characteristic of the pictorial movement was the spontaneous affirmation of the individual through painting. It is a non-figurative art that does not conform to the limits of conventional representation. In turn, the expressionists valued the process of creation more than the finished work. The new techniques privileged the fact of transmitting emotions, an attitude, or even the artist's personality through the way the paint is applied: the abruptness or the freedom of the strokes, or the violence or the "desperation" of throwing the paint on the canvas. Abstract expressionism is communication without words. Abstract Expressionism set a precedent in the history of art. While artists were persecuted and exiled from Europe, New York was transformed into the city of freedom and experimentation. Paris displaced as the cradle of art, Abstract Expressionism witnessed a new era.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Surrealism is classical in orientation while Abstract Expressionism is romantic in orientation.