Art History; An Abstract About Abstract Expressionism

The Abstract art movement or otherwise known as abstract expressionism is a broad movement that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in western painting during the 1950s. The first generation of abstract expressionism flourished as the movement effectively shifted the art world's focus from Europe, especially from Paris to New York during the Postwar Period.

Notable American abstract expressionist painters are Pollock, Kooning, and Rothko. Using the abstract painter, Jackson Pollock, as an example, he used strong colours, a variety of media and original techniques to explore the subconscious creating 363 artworks in his forty-four-year career. 

Abstract expressionism uses painting perspectives from the surrealism movement, early modernism and Cubism. A closer inspection of the abstract movement, those art movements have had a major influence on abstract expressionism. 

Furthermore, abstract art is believed to have a unique voice, that provokes interest, permitting both artists and viewers a distinct sense of freedom of expression. Despite its awesome chaotic and spontaneous appearance, it possesses a structure that is composed of six key elements; colour, shape, form, texture, line, and value.

This could be why so many are drawn in by the Abstract Expressionism movement. What do you think?