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ARTISTS

This section provides biographies and commentaries on the work of all the artists who were central to Abstract Expressionism. It also explores the lives and work of artists who influenced the movement, such as Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso, and those who were influenced by it, such as Jasper Johns and Cy Twombly.
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THE MAGNIFICENT EIGHT OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM:
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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock can be considered the first star of 20th-century American art. Pollock's visionary work gave birth to Abstract Expressionism and the American avant-garde.
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Willem de Kooning
De Kooning was one of the founders and leaders of the Abstract Expressionism movement. His particular style, action painting, was very popular and influenced many of the Abstract Expressionists.
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Mark Rothko
In a lifelong quest to visually articulate his personal vision, Rothko fused Cubist space with Expressionist gesture. He also wrote numerous essays and critical reviews, championing artists' rights as he saw self-expression as the ultimate freedom.
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Clyfford Still
The artist's monumental paintings were hugely important for the establishment of the Abstract Expressionist style and the rise of non-representational art in America in the middle of the 20th century.
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Franz Kline
Kline was best-known for his large-scale gestural black-and-white paintings. Fusing Cubism with Social Realist motifs that later led to abstraction he achieved an immense international recognition.
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Hans Hofmann
Pivotal in the development of Abstract Expressionism as artist and teacher, Hofmann's work was lively, full of color, geometric and gestural, yet retaining his unique style.
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Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell's paintings, prints and collages feature simple shapes, bold color contrasts and dynamic relationships between formalism and expressionism that deal with many of the issues the artist was trying to resolve.
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Barnett Newman
Barnett Newman broadened the Abstract Expressionism aesthetic by endowing deceptively simple lines and sprawling, monochromatic canvases with symbolic and spiritual meaning.
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