Lecture 6: The New York School comes of age with the mature work of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. We also discuss the 'second generation' artists such as Joan Mitchell and Morriss Lewis. A strong focus on expressive brushwork, personal emotion and the underlying tenets of existentialist thought is on full display. Clement Greenberg's thoughts on the inherent flatness of the picture plane also exert a strong influence. The work should also be seen in the context of the Cold War and 'soft power'.

1. Abstract Expressionism 1945-1960

2. Jackson Pollock, Stenographic Figure , 1942

3. Jackson Pollock, Mural , 1943

4. Jackson Pollock, The Key , 1946

5. Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance , 1947

6. Jackson Pollock, Cathedral , 1947

7. Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (No. 30) , 1950

8. Jackson Pollock, Blue Poles (No. 11) , 1952

9. Jackson Pollock, Detail

10. Hans Namuth, Jackson Pollock '51

11. View of Pollock's Paintings at the MOMA

12. Mark Rothko, Entrance to Subway , 1938

13. Mark Rothko, Underground Fantasy , 1940

14. Mark Rothko, Swirl at the Edge of the Sea , 1944

15. Mark Rothko, No. 22 , 1949

16. Mark Rothko, No. 61 , 1953

17. Mark Rothko, Seagram's Mural Section 4 , 1958

18. Mark Rothko, Seagram's Mural Section 3 , 1959

20. Willam de Kooning, Seated Woman , 1940

21. Willam de Kooning, Pink Angels , 1945

22. Willam de Kooning, Excavation , 1950

23. Willam de Kooning, Woman 1 , 1952

24. Willam de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle , 1952-3

25. Willam de Kooning, Gotham News , 1958

26. Philip Guston, Conspirators , 1932

27. Philip Guston, The Porch II , 1947

28. Philip Guston, The Tormentors , 1947-48

29. Philip Guston, Painting No. 6 , 1951

30. Philip Guston, Voyage , 1956

31. David Smith, Construction with Fulcrum , 1936

32. David Smith, Helmholtzian Landscape , 1946

33. David Smith, Hudson River Landscape , 1946

34. Joan Mitchell, Untitled , 1956

35. Joan Mitchell, Lady Bug , 1957

36. Joan Mitchell, Untitled , 1959

37. Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea , 1952

38. Helen Frankenthaler, Lorelei , 1957

39. Morris Louis, Tet , 1958

40. Sam Francis, Middle Blue , 1957

41. Kenneth Noland, Beginning , 1958