Abstract Expressionism, Informel and Art Brut

In which period and city Abstract Expressionism blossomed?

• Between 40s and 50s in New York

• Between 30s and 40s in London

• Between 50s and 60s in Paris

• Between 40s and 50s in Zürich

______ _____ painters, a branch of Abstract Expressionism, were deeply interested in religion and myth and created simple compositions with large areas of colour intended to produce a contemplative or meditational response in the viewer

______ painters, a branch of Abstract Expressionism, are known for a spontaneous improvisatory manner often using large brushes to make sweeping gestural marks on the canvas, which was usually placed on the ground. These painters directly placed their inner impulses onto the canvas.

About Abstract Expressionism is CORRECT to say that...

• Influenced by Surrealism, they were interested in the chaos of the subconscious and automatism

• Their paintings were monumental in scale, romantic in mood, and expressive of a rugged individual freedom

• Inspired by mythical and archetypal indigenous art symbols

• Aimed to make art that, while abstract, was also expressive and emotional

• Saw art as a struggle between self-expression and the subconscious

Which on of the following was the first American avant-garde movement?

• Abstract Expressionism

• Dadaism

• Pop Art

• Post-Painterly Abstraction

Select the options that contain examples of Abstract Expressionism paintings of the Colour Field painters branch.

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Select the options that contain examples of Abstract Expressionism paintings of the Action painters branch.

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___ _________ is considered the sister movement of Abstract Expressionism that happened between 1945 an 1950 in Europe.

About Art Informel, it is CORRECT to say that...

• Confronted the subjects of war (WWII), savagery, trauma, death, angst and irrationality

• Embraced spontaneity, gestural abstraction and improvisatory methodology through use of tachisme, matter painting and automatism

• Broke traditions of naturalistic, figurative and geometric representation

• It was against anti-compositional forms, gestural techniques and irrationality

Which art critic coined Art Informel as an umbrella term that encompassed an array of styles and artists who were not interested in movements but "in something much rarer, authentic Individuals"?