Action painting refers to an American art movement that is now categorized as abstract expressionism. The term was coined by the American art critic Harald Rosenberg.
Action painting first appeared in the 1940s in the United States. One of its main representatives was Jackson Pollock,
which made the style internationally known and caused a break in traditional painting.
The focus of action painting was the painting process as an action. In the process, the paint was spontaneously applied to the painting surface, random elements were integrated, and the painting support was modified as necessary.
As a creativity technique, Action Painting is suitable for sensitizing especially the visual and kinesthetic senses during a creative process.
