Abstract Expressionism, broad movement in American painting that became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s. The movement comprised many styles varying in both technique and quality of expression. Artists include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler.
Abstract Expressionism, broad movement in American painting that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in Western painting during the 1950s. The most prominent American Abstract Expressionist…
Trisha Brown | American Choreographer & Dancer
Trisha Brown (born November 25, 1936, Aberdeen, Washington, U.S.—died March 18, 2017, San Antonio, Texas) was an American dancer and choreographer whose avant-garde and postmodernist work explores and experiments in…
Anna Sokolow | American Choreographer, Dancer & Activist
Anna Sokolow (born February 9, 1910, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 29, 2000, New York, New York) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher noted for her socially and politically conscious…
Visual Arts Review: “The Dance of Life” American Style — Not Renaissance-Ready
By Peter Walsh The symbolism here can grate loudly against reality. Those panels extolling the creativity and stoic virtues of the American working class clash with the ways workers were…
Native American art | History, Styles, & Facts
The role of the artist The very use of the word art suggests one of the basic differences between European or European-derived and American Indian concepts. For not only did…