![]() Painting en plein air, a traditionally abstract impressionist technique | |
Years active | 1940s-Present |
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Location | Mainly United States, United Kingdom |
Major figures | Bernard Cohen, Harold Cohen, Sam Francis, Patrick Heron, Nicolas de Staël |
Influences | Impressionism |
Abstract impressionism is an art movement that originated in New York City, in the 1940s.[1][2] It involves the painting of a subject such as real-life scenes, objects, or people (portraits) in an Impressionist style, but with an emphasis on varying measures of abstraction.[2] The paintings are often painted en plein air, an artistic style involving painting outside with the landscape directly in front of the artist.[2] The movement works delicately between the lines of pure abstraction (the extent of which varies greatly) and the allowance of an impression of reality in the painting.[3]
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