abstract expressionism in British English
noun
a school of painting in New York in the 1940s that combined the spontaneity of expressionism with abstract forms in unpremeditated, apparently random, compositions
See also action painting, tachismeabstract expressionism in American English
US
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
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Word lists withabstract expressionism
Art styles and movements- to classify sb/sth as sth
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- to clear a profit
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- to clear the air
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- to clear your throat
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