Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976

by Maurice Berger

Book Overview

The abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Lee Krasner, Clyfford Still, Helen Frankenthaler, and others revolutionized the art world in the 1940s and 1950s and continue to inspire passionate arguments to this day. What were these artists trying to achieve? Who were the critical voices of the time that rallied public interest in Abstract Expressionism and sparked rancorous debate?

Drawing on recent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300139209
• ISBN13: 9780300139204
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.8" x 11.7"