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
Pradip Mukherjee (artist) Pradip Mukherjee (artist) Pradip Mukherjee (born August 22, 1953) is an Indian artist of phad painting, a form of popular folk painting of Rajasthan. He was born on August 22, 1953 in Jaipur in the famous Mukherjee family of Jaipur. His parents were senior officials in the Indian government. He was raised in a Jain family in Kolkata. Since childhood, he had been interested in sketching and painting. When he was eleven, he painted a wall painting for a marriage ceremony in Bikaner. At the age of sixteen, he moved to Jaipur to live with his parents. Unable to adjust