"action painting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: action paintings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art Translations (genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas): toimintamaalaus (Finnish), beo-phéintéireacht [feminine] (Irish), pintura gestual [feminine] (Portuguese), gestualismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-action_painting-en-noun-gkQmcRN9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: art, arts Disambiguation of 'genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas': 88 12
  2. (art, countable) A painting produced in this style. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Art Related terms: abstract expressionism
    Sense id: en-action_painting-en-noun-OxieLFNe Topics: art, arts

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