The Coming of Age of American Painting: Images of the Eighties

The article includes the results of an art history analysis American artists’ works 1980s, reveals their main style and compositional features, defines trends in US development at end twentieth century. idea study is that 80s time for maturity painting, which integrates national features USA visual arts. In 1980s there reflected mentality artists with inherent patriotism, individualism, cult same criticism everyday life, freedom creative expression, "literalism" on one hand need to root spiritual field other, gravitation metaphorical landscapes, sensitive strokes thick paint, mixed technique gestures painting.