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From Expressionism to Abstraction From Cubism to Abstraction Jean (Hans) Arp was one of the originators of dada in Zurich. Being of French ancestry, but born in German territory he did not want to fight in WW1. In collaboration with poet Hugo Ball and other artists he developed an “anti-art” style based upon play. In the collages above the paper elements are scattered at random without prior thought. After the war he became an important sculptor and a member of the Surrealist movement. Abstract painting after 1960 The first of the young American artists to make a big public impact was Jackson Pollock. Pollock had been trained in the “regionalist” style and his early work. His style moved from the figurative to Picasso-influenced abstraction. The first paintings to attract notice were densely worked paintings with mythological titles or titles referring to Native American themes. The Moon Woman 1942 The She-Wolf 1943 Jackson Pollock By 1947 Pollock had moved to total abstraction in a signature style in which the paint was poured, dripped or splashed onto the canvas, with the brush rarely touching the surface. These paintings are loose, gestural and layered. The composition is described as “all-over” (although the edges are less worked than the centres). Number 23, 1948 Full Fathom Five 1947 Dutch born Willem de Kooning was the most highly regarded of the young Americans. His style was rarely purely abstract. The development of his style can be seen in his series of images of women from the 1940s and 50s. By 1953 his work has become more gestural, more aggressive, butis still based upon an underlying drawing. Woman 1944 Seated Woman 1952 Woman V 1952/3 Russian born Mark Rothko ’s work is very different to that of either Pollock or De Kooning. His style is quietist and meditational. His work is described as Colour Field Painting. As his style developed he moved towards greater and greater simplicity. By the 1950s his paintings were composed of soft edged rectang