Contemporary Period

• Contemporary period


  Marked the beginning of Abstract Expressionism in 1945 and Pop Art in 1960s
• Art in the contemporary period


  • Observed pure abstraction and expression without forms
  • Paved the way to postmodernism and deconstructivism, since 1970 to the present
• Contemporary art


  • No. 5, (1948) by Jackson Pollock
  • Orange, Red and Yellow (1961) by Jackson Pollock
  • Harlequin's Carnival (1924 – 1925) by Joan Miró
• No. 5, (1948) by Jackson Pollock


  Considered one the most famous as well as the most expensive painting
• Orange, Red and Yellow (1961) by Jackson Pollock


  Not just the most famous but also grossed the highest Auction value