Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art

              (1940s to 1960s)

Several Circles by Wassily Kandinsky

This art form relates to the period during and post World War II. It is characterized by pure abstraction and expression without form: a popular art expression that absorbs consumerism.

The most noted painters of this movement were: Gotky, Pollock, de Kooning, Rothco, Warhol, and Lichtenstein.

The most famous paintings were: Water of the Flowery Mill by Gotky, Lavender Mist by Pollock, Pink Angels by de Kooning, Entrance to Subway by Rothco, Flower Series by Warhol, and Happy Tears by Lichtenstein.