Western painting critic Robert Coates. Abstract expressionism, Action painting, and Color Field painting are synonymous with the New York School. Technically Surrealism was an important predecessor for Abstract expressionism with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson. Another important ear<nowiki>ly m</nowiki>anifestation of what came to be abstract expressionism is the work of American Northwest artist Mark Tobey, especially his "white writing" canvases, which, though generally not large in scale, anticipate the "all over" look of Pollock's drip
Portrait of Jack Hunter personal meeting with Feshin took place. Fechin expressed a wish to paint a portrait of Jack R. Hunter in gratitude for his help with moving artist family's to America and it's was done. Since 1923 until recently "The Portrait of Jack R. Hunter" was kept in the family of a collector. In 1958 soon after artist dead Jack Hunter wrote the memories of Fechin at the request of the daughter of the artist Iya Nikolaevna Feshin-Branham. In the middle of 2010 "Portrait of Jack R. Hunter" appeared in the art market and was put up for sale by one of