Abstract Expressionism - Major Paintings and Sculpture

Major Paintings and Sculpture

  • Richard Pousette-Dart, Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental, 1941-42

  • William Baziotes, Cyclops, 1947, oil on canvas, Chicago Art Institute

  • Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea, 1952

  • Sam Francis, Black and Red, 1950–1953

  • Mark Tobey, Canticle, 1954. Tobey, like Pollock, was known for his calligraphic style of allover compositions.

  • James Brooks, 1957, Tate Gallery

  • Isamu Noguchi, The Cry, 1959, Kröller-Müller Museum Sculpture Park, Otterlo, Netherlands

  • Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110 1971

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