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Modernisms 1900–1980

Postwar American art

From Abstract Expressionism to Pop, the United States was the epicenter of the postwar art world.

1945–1980 C.E.

Movements in postwar American art

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

New York School

New York School

Postwar figurative art

Postwar figurative art

Postwar abstraction

Postwar abstraction

Photography

All content | Postwar American art

From flags to fighter jets, drips to divas, and everything in between.

Beauford Delaney, <i>Marian Anderson</i>

Beauford Delaney, Marian Anderson

Robert Rauschenberg, <em>Signs</em>

Robert Rauschenberg, Signs

Thelma Streat, <i>Girl with Bird</i>

Thelma Streat, Girl with Bird

Jackson Pollock, <i>Cathedral</i>

Jackson Pollock, Cathedral

Richard Avedon, <em>Audrey Hepburn, New York, January 1967</em>

Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, New York, January 1967

Nicolás García Uriburu, <em>Coloration of the Grand Canal, Venice</em>

Nicolás García Uriburu, Coloration of the Grand Canal, Venice

<em>Protractor, Variation I</em> by Frank Stella

Protractor, Variation I by Frank Stella

<em>Low Water</em> by Joan Mitchell

Low Water by Joan Mitchell

<em>Trane</em> by William T. Williams

Trane by William T. Williams

Lin Tianmiao on Alex Katz’s <i>Black and Brown Blouse</i>

Lin Tianmiao on Alex Katz’s Black and Brown Blouse

Rashid Johnson on Robert Frank’s <i>The Americans</i>

Rashid Johnson on Robert Frank’s The Americans

Mark Bradford on Clyfford Still

Mark Bradford on Clyfford Still

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