Editing Abstract Imagists (section)

==Style==
It had been recognized that the paintings of [[Josef Albers]], [[Barnett Newman]], [[Mark Rothko]], [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Ad Reinhardt]], [[Clyfford Still]] and [[Robert Motherwell]] were all very different yet the symbolic content was achieved "through dramatic statement of isolated and highly simplified elements."<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318236442&referer=brief_results  ''American abstract expressionists and imagists,''] (New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961.) Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 61-18230 p.&nbsp; 23-31</ref> 
In many cases the dramatic simplification was achieved by the use of:

*geometric means: [[Josef Albers]]; [[Franz Kline]]; [[Hans Hofmann]]
*compression: [[Grace Hartigan]]; George McNeil
*intricate elaboration of canvas surfaces: [[Richard Pousette-Dart]]; [[Robert Richenburg]]; John Ferren;  [[Jimmy Ernst]];
*isolated shapes or signs: [[Adolph Gottlieb]], [[Robert Motherwell]]
*detailed over-all patterning of the canvas: [[William Baziotes]]
*simplified structure through the dominance of the large, unified color shapes: [[James Brooks (painter)|James Brooks]], [[Esteban Vicente]], [[Adja Yunkers]], Cameron Booth; Giorgio Cavallon

In some cases there was a "loss of the feeling and immediacy" in the work.