What is Action Painting | Glossary of Art Terms

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Action Painting

A style of abstraction where paintings are produced through vigorous and spontaneous application of paint over the canvas, in sweeping brushtrokes, spills, drippage and splashing. Closely associated with Abstract Expressionism, action painting characterised the work of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Arshile Gorky.

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Action Painting%newline%A style of abstraction where paintings are produced through vigorous and spontaneous application of paint over the canvas, in sweeping brushtrokes, spills, drippage and splashing. Closely associated with Abstract Expressionism, action painting characterised the work of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Arshile Gorky.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Action Painting”. Accessed December 17, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/action-painting/
MLA	“Action Painting.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/action-painting/. Accessed 17, December, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Action Painting. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/action-painting/. (Accessed: 17, December, 2024)