In The She-Wolf' (1943), Pollock combined surrealist automatism with subject matter that reflects his interests in ancient sculpture, non-Western art, and the work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. By the late 1940s Pollock was among a group of young, mostly New York painters who became known as abstract expressionists. ... Abstract Expressionism was the term coined, in 1946, by American critic Robert Coates. ... Abstract Expressionism is characterized by a lack of representation and by an emotional approach to concept and execution. ... Among the early "breakthrough" paintings in...

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Art, it's everywhere you look. From the billboards you see every day to the pictures you take with your camera. It exists on every continent and every country. Art has been around sense the beginning of time and still thrives today. This essay is to inform and highlight some of the most importan...

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