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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

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

Norman Lewis, <em>Untitled</em>

Norman Lewis, Untitled

Sam Gilliam, <em>Purpled (Chasers Series)</em>

Sam Gilliam, Purpled (Chasers Series)

Gee’s Bend, quilting over generations

Gee’s Bend, quilting over generations

Charles Sebree, <i>The Mystic</i>

Charles Sebree, The Mystic

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

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