1. Abstract Expressionism 1940s-1950s
Jacqueline Sandoval

2. Number 28, 1950 Artist: Jackson Pollock When: 1950
The founder of Abstract Expressionism
When: 1950
Medium: Enamel on canvas
Location: The Met Fifth Avenue
Artistic Qualities: Neutral colors used: white and grey. Technique used is called drip painting.
History: This artwork was created during the artist’s most successful period of work.

3. The Glazier Artist: Willem de Kooning When: 1940 Medium: oil on canvas
Artistic Qualities: Form, movement, and grey hues.
History: He began to paint this style of art during the post-World War II era.

4. Black in Deep Red Artist: Mark Rothko When: 1957
Medium: Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas
Artistic Qualities: use of rectangles floating on the canvas and dark colors
History: In the two years before his suicide in 1970, he produced a series of dark paintings. He wanted to communicate different forms of human emotion.

5. The Flesh Eaters Artist: William Baziotes When: 1952
Medium: Oil and charcoal on canvas
Location: The Met Fifth Avenue
Artistic Qualities: Organic forms and lines
History: He was fascinated by mythical stories. The title and imagery suggest the story of the Cyclops.

6. The Little Spanish Prison
Artist: Robert Motherwell
When:
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artistic Qualities: Use of shapes
History: First paintings Motherwell created after his return from Mexico in November Symbolizes a struggle between the forces of confinement (vertical bars) and resistance (magenta rectangle)
Title refers to the Spanish Civil War ( )

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