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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">New Figuration</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Critical Figuration</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>post-1945 fine arts styles and movements</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Figuration, New</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Nouvelle Figuration</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the style of painting popular in the early 1960's in Paris, London and New York. Reacting against Absract Expressionism, the style is characterized by a return of figurative images. ]]></note></mads>