The essay interpreted new American art along broadly existential lines. It tackles the development of Abstract Expressionism it argues for the radicalism of color field painting - relating it to Impressionism rather than Cubism and argues that modern art evolved while pursuing ever greater pictorial flatness. In some respects 'American-Type' Painting' was prompted by Greenberg's desire to counter the increasing popularity of the ideas that Rosenberg had launched, in 1952, with 'The American Action Painters.' It represents one of his central statements about the development of modern art. Harold Rosenberg's essay 'The American Action Painters,' first appeared in Art News in 1952, and was republished in his 1959 collection of essays, The Tradition of the New. It reappeared in his 1961 collection of essays, Art and Culture. Like Greenberg, he too wrote for the 'little magazines,' and for many years he ranged more widely over culture than his rival, but his few early contributions to art criticism made him famous, and from 1967-1978 he served as art critic of The New Yorker.Ĭlement Greenberg's essay 'American-Type' Painting' was first published in Partisan Review in 1955. 'AMERICAN-TYPE' PAINTING' (1955)īorn and raised in Brooklyn, Harold Rosenberg earned a law degree before gravitating towards the circles of New York bohemians and intellectuals. From 1942 until 1949 he served as art critic for The Nation, beginning a period of nearly thirty years during which Greenberg devoted himself almost exclusively to writing about visual art. He emerged as a critic in the pages of the so-called 'little magazines' that gave voice to New York's intellectuals, and his first major essay was 'Avant-garde and Kitsch,' which was published in Partisan Review in 1939. The following chart compares and contrasts their ideas.īorn in New York, the child of first generation Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, Clement Greenberg studied English literature at university, but later gravitated towards writing about art. Abstract Expressionism is notable for the contributions of two critics, Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg, who put forward influential interpretations of the movement which were often starkly opposed. Harold Rosenberg Many modern art movements have been supported and promoted by critics who have sought to shape understandings of the artists' work in distinct ways. TEXT SIZEĪrt Critics Comparison: Clement Greenberg vs. HOME | ABOUT US | CONTACT US | SUPPORT US Stay informed on the latest news, exhibitions and events in modern art.
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