Horrors of WWII EAST COAST Abstract Expressionist school NYC Willem de Kooning Robert Motherwell Jackson Pollock Franz Kline Arshile Gorky Mark Rothko others... WEST COAST BAY AREA FIGURATIVE PAINTERS Richard Diebenkorn Nathan Oliveria David Park Elmer Bischoff Rex Ashlock Wayne Thiebaud James Weeks Glenn Wessels Richard Diebenkorn American April 22, 1922 > March 30, 1993 Early works were associated with the Bay Area Figurative movement 1950's > 1960's Later works included the Ocean Park paintings, returning to vertical abstraction. Student Selection Collaborative Painting Richard Diebenkorn Woman on a Porch 1958