New York School

The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City. The poets, painters, composers, dancers, and musicians often drew inspiration from Surrealism and the contemporary avant-garde art movements, in particular action painting, abstract expressionism, Jazz, improvisational theater, experimental music, and the interaction of friends in the New York City art world's vanguard circle.

Read more about New York School:  The Poets, The Beats, The Composers, The Dancers, Jazz, New York School Abstract Expressionists of The 1950s, New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals, 1951–1957, African-American Abstract Expressionists of The 1950s, New York Art Scene in The Late 1950s, New York Art Scene in The Late 1950s and 1960s

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