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."
Read more about New York Figurative Expressionism: Categories of Figurative Expressionist Modes, Aspects of Figuration in New York, 1950–1964, Books
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