ABOUT

Developed in the 1940’s in New York City, a group of artists known as “The New York School” introduced a radical new form of art known as Abstract Expressionism. Following World War II, these artists looked at the current atmosphere and wanted to express themselves in response to that. Following the Great Depression, they did not find inspiration in other art movements such as Social Realism. Instead, they were inspired by the styles of European Surrealist artists that had moved to the U.S. during the war. They decided to strip down art down to its very core and produce works that focused on their unidentifiable psyche as a form of personal expression. To them, it was more about the process and the experience created than it was about the technique.