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social protest art + murals
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Mondrian moves to new york
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USA enters WW2
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japan bombs pearl harbour
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papers of surrealism appear in new york
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USA bomb Hiroshima
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Germans Surrender/ end of WW2
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Pollock develops his "drip technique"
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abstract expressionism (action painting)
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colour field/ post-painterly
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korean war begins
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Rosenberg coins "action painting"
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US supreme court outlaws segregation
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USSR launches sputnik 1
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pop art