ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abstract Expressionism mean? 

• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (noun)
  The noun ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM has 1 sense:

1. a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Abstract Expressionism; action painting

Hypernyms ("Abstract Expressionism" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)