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
Nevsky Prospekt (painting) Nevsky Prospekt (painting) Nevsky Prospekt is a cityscape painting by Gleb Savinov () (1915-2000), Russian painter and art educator, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad), regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous for his genre and portrait painting. The cityscape depicts the life of the main street of Leningrad in summer day of the mid-1980s. This painting continued lyrical series of works devoted to Leningrad, which artist began