In the 1950s and»60s, reacting against Abstract Expressionism's seriousness and influenced by Surrealist Roberto Matta, Saul began to paint everyday objects like iceboxes, steaks, and toilets in bright colors, along with
political works like his series of graphic, cartoonish «Vietnam» paintings (
1960s), which though had no clear moral message or
political agenda, were evidently anti-Vietnam War.