Nicolas de Staël (1914 - 1955)

Nicolas de Staël, Figures au bord de la mer, 1952

Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)

Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950

Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011)

Lucian Freud, Girl with a White Dog, 1950-1

Peter Blake (1932 - )

Peter Blake, On the Balcony, 1955-7

Stuart Davis (1892 - 1964)

Stuart Davis, The Mellow Pad, 1945-51

Alberto Burri (1915 - 1995)

Alberto Burri, Sacking and Red, 1954

Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008)

Robert Rauschenberg, Dirt Painting (for John Cage) 1953

Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled (Gold Painting) 1953

Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)

Francis Bacon, Two Figures, 1953

"Men Wrestling," lower half of a plate from Eadweard Muybridge's The Human Figure in Motion (first published1887) from Francis Bacon’s studio; used as reference for Two Figures

Detail of page from Eadweard Muybridge's The Human Figure in Motion, from Francis Bacon’s studio

Carlos Freire, Francis Bacon in his Studio I, 1977

Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 1985)

Jean Dubuffet, Le Metafysix, 1950

Jasper Johns (1930 - )

Jasper Johns, Flag, 1954-5

Jasper Johns, White Flag, 1955

Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958

Hans Namuth (1915 - 1990)

Hans Namuth, photographs of Jackson Pollock painting in his studio, 1950

See film: Hans Namuth, Jackson Pollock 51, 1950

Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997)

Willem de Kooning, Woman I, 1950-52

Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999)

Patrick Heron, Horizontal Stripe Painting: November 1957 - January 1958, 1957-8

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959)

Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait,1959

Frank Stella (1936 - )

Frank Stella, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II, 1959

Yves Klein (1928 - 1962)

Yves Klein, IKB 79, 1959

Morris Louis (1912 - 1962)

Morris Louis,  Saraband, 1959

Mark Rothko (1903-1970)

Mark Rothko, Black on Maroon, 1959 (‘Seagram murals’, Rothko Room, Tate Modern)

Mark Rothko, ‘Seagram murals’, Rothko Room, Tate Modern - installation view

Richard Hamilton (1922 - 2011)

Richard Hamilton, Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, 1956

Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008)

Robert Rauschenberg, Bed, 1955