Abstract
Abstract Expressionism is a major movement, created in the half of the 20th century, when the international artistic scene moved from Paris to New-York. Actually, it was a kind of creative emulation of American painters in the 1940's 50's which was closely linked to the international and cultural setting.
After the hegemony of the European avant-gardes, New York awakes and imposes its artists. During the Second World War, the European artists took refuge in New York and poke the American artistic boiling. The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians activates in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City. All these artists drew inspiration from Surrealism and the contemporary avant-garde art movements, like Jazz, improvisational theater, and experimental music. The arrival in the 1940's of many artists and currents in New York changed the trends. The emigration of European painters, the spread of European art and the influence of Matisse, Picasso or Kandinsky are some of the many factors of the evolution.
