Abstract Expressionism in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Bay Area Figurative crossover (1945–1965)

1. CSFA modernizes its postwar art program

   Jan 1, 1945Labels: California School, Douglas MacAgy

   • Still Museum

2. Clyfford Still teaches at CSFA

   Jan 1, 1946Labels: Clyfford Still, CSFA

   • Still Bio
   • Still Museum

3. Richard Diebenkorn joins CSFA faculty

   Jan 1, 1947Labels: Richard Diebenkorn, CSFA

   • State Dept
   • Grey Art

4. David Park abandons abstraction

   Jan 1, 1949Labels: David Park

   • ArtStory Park

5. Park exhibits early figurative work “Rehearsal”

   Jan 1, 1950Labels: David Park, Rehearsal

   • ArtStory Park
   • SFMOMA Read

6. Park’s “Kids on Bikes” wins SFAA prize

   Jan 1, 1951Labels: David Park, San Francisco

   • ArtStory Park
   • ArtStory BA Fig

7. Diebenkorn returns to Berkeley and restarts locally

   Sep 1, 1953Labels: Richard Diebenkorn, Berkeley

   • Diebenkorn Fdn

8. The 6 Gallery launches as an artist-run space

   Jan 1, 1954Labels: 6 Gallery, artist-run space

   • 6 Gallery
   • Modern Art West

9. 1955 Six Gallery reading links art and Beat culture

   Oct 7, 1955Labels: 6 Gallery, Allen Ginsberg

   • 6 Gallery

10. Oakland forum debates a “California School”

    Jan 1, 1956Labels: Oakland Art, Paul Mills

    • Diebenkorn Fdn

11. Oakland Art Museum mounts key Bay Area Figurative show

    Sep 8, 1957Labels: Oakland Art, Contemporary Bay

    • BA Fig Wiki
    • ArtStory BA Fig

12. CSFA becomes the San Francisco Art Institute

    Jan 1, 1961Labels: California School, San Francisco

    • SFAI Wiki
    • Woods Bio

13. Bischoff joins UC Berkeley faculty as movement matures

    Jan 1, 1963Labels: Elmer Bischoff, UC Berkeley

    • Smithsonian AAA

14. Diebenkorn leaves the Bay Area, closing the 1945–1965 arc

    Sep 1, 1966Labels: Richard Diebenkorn, UCLA

    • Diebenkorn Wiki
    • Diebenkorn Fdn