postwar art
Post-conflict artistic movements
Postwar art refers to artistic movements and works created in the aftermath of World War II, roughly from 1945 through the 1960s.
This period saw dramatic shifts away from European dominance toward American leadership, with Abstract Expressionism emerging as the first major movement.
The era encompasses diverse responses to wartime trauma and new global realities, including Art Informel, CoBrA, and early Pop Art.
The museum's postwar art collection features works by Pollock, de Kooning, and Rothko.
- Abstract ExpressionismGestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
- MinimalismArt stripped to essentials
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- feminist movementsCollective action for gender equality
existentialism · reconstruction · urban decay · action painting · artistic rebellion · collage · consumerism · civil rights movements · assemblage · silkscreen printing · human condition · alienation · identity politics · Pollock · mixed media · angst · gestural · Rothko
postwar artwartime propaganda
Persuasive media during conflict
propaganda art · agitprop · recruitment posters · patriotic art · war posters
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