action painting

English

Noun

action painting (countable and uncountable, plural action paintings)

1. (art, uncountable) A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
2. (art, countable) A painting produced in this style.

Translations

genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas

• Finnish: toimintamaalaus (fi)
• Irish: beo-phéintéireacht f
• Portuguese: pintura gestual f, gestualismo m

See also

• abstract expressionism