Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the Western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.. Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in …

Neo-expressionism is a style of late modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s. Neo-expressionists were sometimes called Transavantgarde, Junge Wilde or Neue Wilden ('The new wild ones'; 'New Fauves' would better meet the meaning of the term). It is characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Het abstract expressionisme was een Amerikaanse moderne schilderstroming binnen de abstracte kunst van de 20e eeuw.De stroming domineerde de kunstwereld in de jaren 1946 tot 1960.Het was de eerste grote kunststroming na de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de eerste die de Verenigde Staten, en dan specifiek New York, als bakermat had.. De CoBrA-kunst en de …

Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.