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What does a brushstroke say? Explore the visual vocabulary of Abstract Expressionism through gesture, color, line, and movement, and discover how artists transformed these elements into powerful new forms of expression.


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An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.

 

Arthur Garfield Dove (1880–1946)
Naples Yellow Morning, 1935
Oil on linen, 25 1/8 x 35 in. 
The Vivian O. and Meyer P. Potamkin Colleccon, 
Bequest of Vivian O. Potamkin, 2003.1.2

 

Upcoming Gallery Talks

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

An abstract landscape painting featuring soft green rounded tree forms beneath a warm, glowing yellow sky with flowing grey clouds and a dark circular sun.
Gallery Talks

Abstract Expressionism

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