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Noun: action painting  'ak-shun 'peyn-ting
  1. A New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
    - Abstract Expressionism

Derived forms: action paintings

Type of: art movement, artistic movement

Encyclopedia: Action painting