The Roman Catholic Church Records from the Archdiocese of Detroit are on. microfilm and represent 78 different parishes. Geographically, the parishes are. located in Detroit and throughout southeast Michigan. The records cover the. years 1704-1930. The types of records include: baptisms, first communions,
Abstract expressionism is a postâ World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s.It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris.ne of the most vocal critics of abstract expressionism at the time was New York Times art critic John Canaday. Meyer Schapiro and Leo Steinberg along with Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg were important art historians of the post-war era who voiced support for abstract expressionism.
- Characteristics. Suprematism was a Russian abstract art movement, founded by the Kiev-born painter Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935) around 1915, which concerned itself with elementary geometric forms (squares, circles). nihilist who sought to challenge all traditional theories of art, Malevich is seen as one of the most important Russian abstract painters in modern art. In November 2008, a Suprematist-style painting by Malevich became the most valuable painting by a Russian ever sold at auction.