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The Abstract Art movement took place in the United States. It is also known as abstract expressionism. Abstract expressionism began in the 1940s in New York after World War ll. It was an American art movement. Abstract expressionism was the first American movement to achieve international influence. This movement’s influence put New York City at the center of the western art world. Previously, the role had been filled by Paris. In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to the works of Wassily Kandinsky. A new generation of American artists began to emerge and they were called Abstract Expressionists.