Signed German Oil on Canvas Abstract Expressionist. Abstract expressionist painting with dark, muted colors. Signed illegibly lower right. Framed.

Overall Size: 30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.
Sight Size: 21 x 30 1/4 in.

Abstract Expressionism was a post–World War II art movement that emerged in New York during the 1940s and 1950s, marking a seismic shift in modern art from European to American dominance. Characterized by spontaneous, gestural brushwork and a focus on raw emotion over representational form, it emphasized the act of painting itself as an expression of the artist’s psyche. Figures like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline each explored different facets of abstraction—from Pollock’s dynamic drip paintings to Rothko’s luminous color fields—seeking transcendence through scale, motion, and intensity. Though often viewed as heroic or chaotic, Abstract Expressionism was also deeply introspective, born from an age of existential uncertainty, and remains influential for how it redefined the relationship between artist, medium, and meaning.

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