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abstract expressionism abstract expressionism
abstract expressionism movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. It was the first important school in American painting to declare... Read more
impasto impasto
impasto , thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam's Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.) and Hans Hoffman's abstraction In Upper Regions (1963; David N. Marks Coll.) exploit to advantage the vigorous effect inherent in... Read more
Lee Krasner Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner , 1911-84, American artist, b. Brooklyn. She studied with Hans Hofmann and became a leading figure in abstract expressionism along with her husband, Jackson Pollock . Her compositions are intellectually controlled and characterized by broad gestural brushstrokes. She often utilized... Read more
Hans Hofmann Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann 1880-1966, American painter, b. Germany. After earning a considerable reputation as a teacher in Munich, Hofmann moved permanently to the United States in 1930. He opened his own schools of art in New York City and in Provincetown, which were central to the development of abstract... Read more
Allan Kaprow Allan Kaprow
Kaprow, Allan (1927– ). American artist and art theorist, best known as the main creator of Happenings. He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University in 1949. He then studied painting at Hans Hofmann's school, 1947–8, history of art under Meyer... Read more
Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz , 1938-, German artist, b. Deutschbaselitz, Germany, as Hans-Georg Dern. A leading figure in the neoexpressionist movement (see neoexpressionism ), he studied painting (1956-57) in East Berlin and moved to West Berlin in 1957. Since his first one-man exhibition (1961), he has become... Read more
Hans Multscher Hans Multscher
Hans Multscher , c.1400-1467, outstanding German sculptor and painter of the Swabian school of Ulm. Early in life he traveled to the Netherlands and Burgundy. Probably influenced by the work of Claus Sluter, he developed a powerfully realistic figural style in both painting and sculpture. About 1427... Read more
Georges Braque Georges Braque
Georges Braque , 1882-1963, French painter. He joined the artists involved in developing fauvism in 1905, and at l'Estaque c.1909 he was profoundly influenced by Cézanne. He met Picasso, and the two simultaneously explored form and structure with results that led to the development of ... Read more
Hans Makart Hans Makart
Hans Makart , 1840-84, Austrian history painter, studied with Karl von Piloty . His early success was phenomenal. The emperor of Austria provided him with a studio, and his short life was crowded with official honors and triumphs. In his large history paintings he strove to emulate Titian and... Read more
Hans Thoma Hans Thoma
Hans Thoma , 1839-1924, German painter and lithographer. He was influenced by Courbet. His later, individual style, modeled on that of old German woodcuts, shows rich coloring and depth of imaginative feeling. In 1899 he became director of the Karlsruhe Gallery and professor of the academy. The... Read more

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