Until this period, Jewish names generally changed with every generation. For example, if Moses son of Mendel (Moyshe ben Mendel) married Sarah daughter of Rebecca (Sora bas Rifke), and they had a boy and named it Samuel (Shmuel), the child would be called Shmuel ben Moyshe.
Although the term abstract expressionism was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine Der Sturm, regarding German Expressionism.
Abstract Expressionism: A New Art for a New World. After the atrocities of World War II, many artists felt that the world needed to be reinvented. The Sublime and the Spiritual. Abstract Expressionists used color and scale to create a sense of spirituality and the sublime.