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'''Abstract Imagists''' is a term derived from a 1961 exhibition in the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]], [[New York City|New York]] called ''American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists.'' This exhibition was the first in the series of programs for the investigation of tendencies in American and European painting and sculpture.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318236442&referer=brief_results  ''American abstract expressionists and imagists,''] (New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961.) Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 61-18230</ref>

==Style==
It had been recognized that the paintings of [[Josef Albers]], [[Barnett Newman]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Clyfford Still]] and [[Robert Motherwell]] were all very different yet the symbolic content was achieved "through dramatic statement of isolated and highly simplified elements."<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318236442&referer=brief_results  ''American abstract expressionists and imagists,''] (New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961.) Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 61-18230 p.&nbsp; 23-31</ref> 
In many cases the dramatic simplification was achieved by the use of:

*geometric means: [[Josef Albers]]; [[Franz Kline]]; [[Hans Hofmann]]
*compression: [[Grace Hartigan]]; George McNeil
*intricate elaboration of canvas surfaces: [[Richard Pousette-Dart]]; [[Robert Richenburg]]; John Ferren;  [[Jimmy Ernst]];
*isolated shapes or signs: [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Robert Motherwell]]
*detailed over-all patterning of the canvas: [[William Baziotes]]
*simplified structure through the dominance of the large, unified color shapes: [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]], [[Esteban Vicente]], [[Adja Yunkers]], Cameron Booth; Giorgio Cavallon

In some cases there was a "loss of the feeling and immediacy" in the work.

==List of Abstract Imagists==
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*[[Josef Albers]]
*[[William Baziotes]]
*[[Norman Bluhm]]
*Cameron Booth
*[[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]]
*Lawrence Calcagno
*[[Nicolas Carone]]
*[[Giorgio Cavallon]]
*[[Nassos Daphnis]]
*[[Enrico Donati]]
*Edward Dugmore
*[[Friedel Dzubas]]
*[[Jimmy Ernst]]
*[[John Ferren]]
* [[Sam Francis]]
* [[Helen Frankenthaler]]
*[[Michael Goldberg (painter)|Michael Goldberg]]
*[[Arshile Gorky]]
*[[Adolph Gottlieb]]
*[[Cleve Gray]]
*[[Stephen Greene (artist)|Stephen Greene]]
*[[John Grillo]]
*[[Philip Guston]]
*[[Grace Hartigan]]
*[[Al Held]]
*[[Hans Hofmann]]
*Ralph Humphrey
*[[Paul Jenkins (painter)|Paul Jenkins]]
*[[Alfred Julio Jensen|Alfred Jensen]]
*[[Jasper Johns]]
*[[Ellsworth Kelly]]
*[[Franz Kline]]
*[[Willem de Kooning]]
*[[Alfred Leslie]]
*[[Michael Loew]]
*[[Morris Louis]]
*[[Conrad Marca-Relli]]
*[[Roberto Matta]]
*George McNeil
*[[Joan Mitchell]]
*Kyle Morris
*[[Robert Motherwell]]
*[[Barnett Newman]]
*[[Kenneth Noland]]
*Raymond Parker
*[[Jackson Pollock]]
*[[Richard Pousette-Dart]]
*[[Robert Rauschenberg]]
*[[Ad Reinhardt]]
*[[Milton Resnick]]
*[[Robert Richenburg]]
*William Ronald
*[[Mark Rothko]]
*Ludwig Sander
*Leon Smith
*[[Theodoros Stamos]]
*[[Frank Stella]]
*[[Clyfford Still]]
*[[Mark Tobey]]
*[[Bradley Walker Tomlin]]
*[[Jack Tworkov]]
*Albert Urban
*[[Esteban Vicente]]
*Jack Youngerman
*[[Adja Yunkers]]
{{div col end}}Sources:<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318236442&referer=brief_results ''List of American abstract expressionists and imagists,''] (New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961.) Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 61-18230 p.&nbsp; 85-95</ref>
==Some other Abstract Imagists ==

*[[Perle Fine]] (1908–1988)<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58841621&referer=brief_results ''Tranquil power : the art and life of Perle Fine.''] p.202
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*[[Ilse Getz]] (1917–1992)
*[[Rollin Crampton]] (1896–1970)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/20/archives/rollin-crampton-abstract-artist-pioneer-in-monochrome-paintings-in.html|title=Rollin Crampton, Abstract Artist|date=1970-01-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[Robert Goodnough]] (1917–2010)
*[[David Hare (artist)|David Hare]] (1917–1992)<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40477508&referer=brief_results ''Shaman's fire : the late paintings of David Hare.''] p.11 {{ISBN|0-9603246-3-1}}</ref>
*[[Buffie Johnson]] (1912–2006)
*[[William King (artist)|William King]] (1925-)
*[[Gabriel Kohn]] (1910–1975)
*[[George Earl Ortman|George Ortman]] (1926–2015)
*[[James Rosati]], (1911–1988)<ref>[http://jamesrosati.org/ James Rosati - American Artist (1911-1988)]</ref>

==See also==
*[[New York Figurative Expressionism]]
*[[American Figurative Expressionism]]
*[[Expressionism]]
*[[Abstract Expressionism]]
*[[New York School (art)|New York School]]

'''Related styles, trends, schools or movements'''
*[[Action painting]]
*[[Abstract expressionism]]
*[[New York School (art)|New York School]]
*[[Color field painting]]
*[[Hard-edge painting]]
*[[Minimalism]]
*[[All-over painting]]
*[[Pattern and Decoration]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*Virgil Baker, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/560859&referer=brief_results ''From realism to reality in recent American painting.''] (Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1959.)
*Bernard H. Friedman, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1652938&referer=brief_results ''School of New York: some younger artists.''] (New York, Grove Press [©1959])
*[[Sam Hunter (art historian)|Sam Hunter]], [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2117644&referer=brief_results ''Modern American Painting and Sculpture.''] ([New York, [[Dell Pub. Co.]], 1959])
*Harold Rosenberg, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/556699&referer=brief_results ''The Tradition of the New.''] (New York, Horizon Press, 1959)
*[[György Kepes]], [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/204139&referer=brief_results ''The Visual Arts Today.''] (Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press [1960])

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