Robert Goodnough was an American artist (painter and sculptor) and writer, who was active during the second half of the twentieth century. He became involved in the discussions on the subject matter of the artists which took place in the 1940s and early 1950s. He contributed to the debate through organising discussion sessions amongst contemporary artists, who later became known as Abstract Expressionists. / Abstract Expressionism was the label given to an emblematic period in American painting, which emerged after World War II and was the subject of much debate in the 1940s and 1950s in New York art circles. / Doctorat en Histoire, histoire de l'art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished