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'''Abstract expressionism''' is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.

Not to be confused with [[Abstract art]].

== Description ==

It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.

Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic [[Robert Coates]], it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine [[Der Sturm]], regarding German Expressionism.

In the United States, [[Alfred Barr]] was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by [[Wassily Kandinsky]].

== See also ==

* [[Art]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_expressionism Abstract expressionism] @ Wikipedia

[[Category:Art movements]]