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Abstract Expressionism and Art in the Aftermath of World War IIHow did artists respond to WWII differently in Europe and the United States? What were some of the reasons for the ascendancy of Abstract Expressionism in New York? What made Jackson Pollock such a radical artist?Postwar Art in Europe: Alberto Giacometti and Francis BaconAbstract Expressionism: Jackson PollockAutumn Rhythm, 1950Context: European and American precedentsInfluences:Thomas Hart BentonSurrealist automatismMexican MuralismNavajo sandpaintingTheoriesClement GreenbergHarold RosenbergWomen in Abstract ExpressionismLee Krasner Untitled, 1949 and The Seasons, 1957Rethinking the Sublime: Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimus, 1950-51Return to the FigureWillem de Kooning, Woman I, 1950-52 ................
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