This online museum page provides an overview of the artistic form of Abstract Expressionism.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Rosalind Bengelsdorf is described here along with information on her contributions to art through abstract expressionism and her association with Arshile Gorky.

If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...

A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Students review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental point...

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charmion Von Wiegand is described here along with information on her contributions to art through abstract art.

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents a biographical, multi-media take on the abstract expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb. The New York native Gottlieb was a central figure in the development of American abstract art.

From the Curator's View series at the Columbua Museum of Art, this is the piece profile on the Emil Nolde paiting 'Sunflowers in the Windstorm'.

Great lesson for upper elementary pupils who think that all art has to look "real." Through the images of Edvard Munch's work, students come to understand the role emotion can play in creating visually compelling work.

Kids learn about the Expressionism Art movement and its major artists such as Franz Marc and Edvard Munch on this site.

This site analyzes Kandinsky's abstract painting "Improvisation 31." Discusses colors, shapes, line, and mood. Has a short matching exercise involving simple geometric shapes.

Gives brief history of the cubism movement listing artists of the period and the evolved. envolved. Lists other movements such as Purism, Futurism, Orphism, Orphism, and a chronological listing of cubist artists, with links to those...

Personal site of contemporary artist/illustrator Valery Milovic that also contains poetry, musings, and stories. Creative, intergrated site, developed around Milovic's thematic "Broken Toyland" universe.

Not only a picture of James Ensor's "Intrigue" but an analysis of the painting's depiction of racial prejudice as well. Vocabulary terms are included. Painting can be enlarged for better viewing. Discussion questions and a profile of the...

This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.

Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the New York Times, narrates a walk-through slideshow of an exhibition of Van Gogh's drawings mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. Wonderful examples of Van Gogh's landscapes and...

This site offers an overview of Expressionism with links to related topics, art movements, and artists.

This article describes the Expressionist movement. It compares and contrasts expressionism and impressionism. The article includes links to information on some of the artists of this era. Also check out the "timeline" link.

Kids learn about the Abstract Art movement and its major artist such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

This site gives a comprehensive overview of expressionism in art, literature, and music.

One-paragraph encapsulation of the basic tenets of abstract expressionism, with mention of some of its major adherents.

Provides an article on Abstract Expressionism, "the dominant trend in western painting throughout the 1950s."

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Herbert Katzman is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his paintings, which showed an influence of French Expressionism.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Hyman Bloom is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with paintings and drawings in the tradition of expressionism.

Contains a definition of Abstract Expressionism, some of the artists involved in the movement, and what they were trying to achieve.