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ACTION PAINTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does action painting mean?
• ACTION PAINTING (noun)
The noun ACTION PAINTING 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: ACTION PAINTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("action painting" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
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