Exam #3 (Abstract Expressionism)

What is abstract expressionism is known as?

New York School

Submovements of Abstract Expressionism

Action/Gesture painting, color field/post-painterly abstraction

Influences of abstract expressionism

Surrealism, automatism, color distortion

Color field abstraction painters believed in

process over product

Motherwell’s Influences

Picasso, Matisse, Schwitters

Color Field

Lack of expressive brush strokes

What did Rothko require museums to do

To sign a contract stating that his works must hung in isolation or together with his other works

Frankenthaler’s influences

Cubism, Kandlinsky

Who first utilize acyrlic?

Frankenthaler

Frankenthaler influenced

Louis and Newman

Why was Reinhardt different from other abstract expressionists?

He opposed the beliefs of abstract expressionism

Reinhardt’s influences

Eastern Religions (Ex: Lutherism)

Who was considered to be the start of minimalism?

Reinhardt