"The American Action Painters"

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"The American Action Painters" is a landmark 1952 essay by art critic Harold Rosenberg that introduced and defined the concept of Action Painting within Abstract Expressionism.

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instanceOf art criticism essay ⓘ
essay ⓘ
artisticConceptIntroduced Action Painting ⓘ
linked to: Action painting
associatedWith New York School ⓘ
author Harold Rosenberg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalContext mid-20th-century American art criticism ⓘ
describes painting as an arena in which to act ⓘ
discusses existential approach to art ⓘ
psychological dimension of painting ⓘ
role of the artist’s gesture ⓘ
field art criticism ⓘ
focusesOn artist’s action as content of the work ⓘ
process of painting ⓘ
genre theoretical essay ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn interpretation of Jackson Pollock’s work ⓘ
interpretation of Willem de Kooning’s work ⓘ
subsequent theories of performance in visual art ⓘ
influenced critical reception of Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
interpretation of gestural abstraction ⓘ
keyTermCoined Action Painting ⓘ
linked to: Action painting
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
Action Painting ⓘ
linked to: Action painting
movementDiscussed Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
notableFor defining the term Action Painting ⓘ
shifting focus from finished artwork to act of painting ⓘ
periodDiscussed post–World War II American art ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence existentialism ⓘ
publicationYear 1952 ⓘ

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