Expressionists

She also felt a sense of competition looking at the gestural paintings of Abstract Expressionists like Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, in which she saw the linework of calligraphy.

Collage was adopted by the Cubists, and by abstract expressionists like Lee Krasner.

Sources of Hijikata’s actual and possible inspiration are listed on a corner of the wide screen as we move through time, starting with the German expressionists and Mary Wigman.

Were it not for German Expressionists such as Robert Wiene (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), a good chunk of the visual grammar we take for granted in modern movies would be completely absent.

Although it is true that spontaneity or of the impression of spontaneity characterized many of the abstract expressionists works, most of these paintings involved careful planning, especially since their large size demanded it.

Neo-expressionists returned to portraying recognizable objects, such as the human body (although sometimes in a virtually abstract manner), in a rough and violently emotional way using vivid colours and banal colour harmonies.

Some have interpreted this as a rejection of the hallowed individualism of the abstract expressionists.

The influence of French poets and the writings of German Expressionists liberated Dada from the tight correlation between words and meaning.

Though the abstract expressionists disdained subject matter, it could be argued that in the end, they had simply changed subjects.

Typical of Newman's later work, with the use of pure and vibrant color The other abstract expressionists followed Pollock's breakthrough with new breakthroughs of their own.