Abstract Impressionism is a type of abstract painting (not to be confused with Abstract Expressionism, a similar but different movement) where small brushstrokes build and structure large paintings. Small brushstrokes show control of large areas, expressing the artist’s emotion and focus on inner energy, creating expressive, lyrical and thoughtful qualities in the paintings. Abstract impressionism is an art of abstract painting in which the artists expresses themselves through the use of colors with no need of objective representations.
In abstract impressionism it is not rate that artist finishes his paintings and only after that, he begins to find suitable name or just numbers it. On the contrary the traditional impressionists know from the beginning what they are going to paint. Abstract impressionist can act in certain emotional state and put paint as he feels it to be the best without any intention on final outcome. Of course real object are painted to and can be recognized. But shape, texture or colour of painted object is not important. Any detail of panted object can be ignored.
Abstract impressionism originated in New York City in the 1940s. Term “abstract impressionism” was for the first time used by Elaine de Kooning. Abstract impressionists can be divided into three groups. The first group are impressionists without need to pain anything concrete. Like if you imagine abstract Monet. Various colors, different positions and shapes, but very similar style. The second group “Color Field Painters” like Mark Rothko whose works possess intensive colors simple shapes and various qualities such as sizable canvasses and flat compositions. The third group is very similar to abstract expressionism “Action Painters” like Pollock and De Kooning but less, rapid and aggressive moves and much more soft style with delicate connection of surfaces of different colours
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