Abstract expressionism is a 20th-century painting style that features large-scale works and expression of feelings through slashing and active brush
             strokes. It exploded in New York, following World War II. The war brought
             on the victory of abstract and expressionistic art and the creation of the first
             major original direction in the history of American art. This movement lasted
             about fifteen years. This form of art was not so much a style as an idea.
             Abstract expressionists were diverse individuals who had little in common,
             except what they were against. Based on the freedom of individual expression, this art form got its title because it was abstract and expression.
             Abstract meaning emphasizes the shape, color, and line with no recognizable
             subject matter. Expressive meaning stresses emotions and individual
             feelings more than design and formalism. The term Abstract Expressionism
             was first used in 1919 to describe certain paintings of Kandinsky and also
             found its roots in him. Artists went off in individual directions and developed
             Artists from Europe settled in New York and began teaching. They
             and their students were the instigators of abstract expressionism. Although
             American Abstract Expressionism, or the New York School, is as diverse as
             the artists involved, two main tendencies may be noted. The first is that of
             the action painters, concerned in different ways with the gestures of the brush
             and the texture of the paint. The other group consisted of the color field
             painters, concerned with the statement of an abstract sign or image in terms of
             large unified color shape or area. An example of the first way is Willem De
             Willem De Kooning was born in Rotterdam Holland, in 1904, and
             came to the United States in 1926, after which he soon became a close friend
             of a number of artists who were to be associated with abstract expressionism.
             Although he did not exhibit until 1...