Editing Abstract impressionism (section)

{{Short description|Art movement}}
{{distinguish|Abstract expressionism}}
{{Infobox art movement
| name         = Abstract impressionism
| image        = Danilo Soligo - Pittura "en plein air"- Foto - (1976).jpg
| caption      = Painting [[en plein air]], a traditionally abstract impressionist technique
| yearsactive  = 1940s-Present
| country      = Mainly [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]]
| majorfigures = [[Bernard Cohen (painter)|Bernard Cohen]], [[Harold Cohen (artist)|Harold Cohen]], [[Sam Francis]], [[Patrick Heron]], [[Nicolas de Staël]]
| influences   = [[Impressionism]]
}}

'''Abstract impressionism''' is an art movement that originated in New York City, in the 1940s.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Chilvers|first=Ian|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780198604761|location=Oxford|chapter=Abstract Impressionism}}</ref><ref name=":1">Eduoard Malingue Gallery. ''Impressionism to Modern Art.'' Hong Kong: Eduard Malingue Gallery, 2011. 10.</ref> It involves the painting of a subject such as real-life scenes, objects, or people (portraits) in an [[Impressionist]] style, but with an emphasis on varying measures of [[abstract art|abstraction]].<ref name=":1" /> The paintings are often painted ''[[en plein air]],'' an artistic style involving painting outside with the landscape directly in front of the artist.<ref name=":1" /> The movement works delicately between the lines of pure abstraction (the extent of which varies greatly) and the allowance of an impression of reality in the painting.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Callen|first=Anthe|title=Techniques of the Impressionists|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2000|isbn=9781870461368|location=New Haven|pages=29}}</ref>