Abstract Expressionism Abstract Expressionism is a radical style of art with which artists outdistance their models, adding full, violent colour, and bold distortion. It was created by artists who felt uneasy expressing themselves with conventional styles of art that could not correctly convey their visions; artists like Jackson Pollock, Hans Hofmann, and Willem De Kooning, were all greatly involved in shaping Abstract Expressionism into what it is today. Like many other modern movements, Abstract Expressionism does not describe any one particular style, but rather a general attitude; not all the work