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Noun

1. 1
   An American genre of modern art that used improvised techniques, such as sinuous linearity, to generate highly abstract forms while allowing the artist spontaneity. uncountable
2. 2
   Alternative form of Abstract Expressionism. alt-of, alternative, uncommon, uncountable
3. 3
   a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles wordnet

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abstract paintingaction paintingartart movementavant-garde paintingconceptual

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academic realismconcretefigurativefigurative art