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    Ab·stract ex·pres·sion·ism
    /ˈabˌstrak(t) ikˈspreSHəˌniz(ə)m/

    noun

    • 1. a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (e.g., action painting). Leading figures were Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.