American Figurative Expressionism

According to Marilyn Stokstad, the art historian:

Expressionistic movements before and after 1910 were developed by three artists' groups:

pioneered by James Ensor, Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. One of the earliest and most famous examples of Expressionism is the Starry Night which Vincent van Gogh painted from the window of his room in the asylum at St. Remy.

According to Klaus Kertess, curator of MOCAD:

New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s represented a trend where "diverse New York artists countered the prevailing abstract mode to work with the figure."

Categories of figurative expressionist modes:

Willem de Kooning, (1904–1997); Jackson Pollock, (1912–1956); Conrad Marca-Relli, (1913–2000)

Larry Rivers, (1923–2002); Grace Hartigan (1922–)

Elaine de Kooning, (1918–1989); Balcomb Greene, (1904–1990); Robert De Niro, Sr., (1920–1993); Fairfield Porter, (1907–1975); Gregorio Prestopino, (1907–1984); Lester Johnson, (1919–2010); George McNeil, (1909–1995); Henry Gorski, (1918–2010); Robert Goodnough, (1917–); and Earle M. Pilgrim, (1923–1976)

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