The term was introduced by critic Robert Coates in an article in 1946 about the work of Gorky, Pollock and De Kooning though it was only one of many terms of art which might confront an irrational absurd world.
The movement's name is derived from the combination of the emotional intensity and self-denial of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European abstract schools such as Futurism, the Bauhaus and Synthetic Cubism. Additionally, it has an image of being rebellious, anarchic, highly idiosyncratic and, some feel, nihilistic.
Hans Hoffmann who had gained firsthand experience of the European avant-garde befroe opening his school in 1934, taught his visual experiences to others. hewas joined by other European artists seeking refuge during World War II, notably the Surrealists Andre Breton, Andre Masson, Roberto Matta, Yves Tanguy and Max Ernst.
Abstract Expressionism received international recognition after the MoMA's 1958-59 travelling exhibition, "The New American Painting" which toured 8 European countries. By this time, however not only wasthe work no longer particularly new.
Jackson Pollock, No. 5, 1948,
Jane Frank (1918-1986): Crags and Crevices, 1961
Hans Hofmann The Gate,
*Anfom, David, Abstract Expressionism, 1990, Thames and Hudson
*Dempsey Amy, Art in the Modern Era, Harry N. Abrams Inc.,2002
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