Abstract Expressionism - Work on Paper

This collection of work, on loan from the Metropolitan, comprises 75 works by 22 of the most representative figures of American abstract expressionism, all carried out between 1938 and 1969. Most of the artists resided in New York around the time of the outbreak of WW2 and, horrified by the event, began to question the place of humanity in the world and look for a form of expression in tone with the dark times they were living through. Represented, among others, are Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko.