3. Background for Ch. 16
Painting in 1920s & 30s affected by Depression & Fascism in
Europe
Spirit of Isolationism in U.S. reflected in art of this time
Art in the United States became socially conscious, nationalist,
and regionalist
291 Gallery and 1913 Armory Show introduced Modernism to
America
4. Alfred Stieglitz, The Flatiron Building, Photogravure,
1903
5. Alfred Stieglitz & Georgia OKeeffe
6. Georgia OKeeffe (1887-1986)
Red Canna, 1924
7. 16.19, Georgia OKeeffe, Music Pink and Blue, II, 1919, o/c,
35 x 29, Whitney Museum, NY
8. 16.21, Georgia OKeeffe, Cows Scull with Calico Roses, 1931,
o/c, 35 x 24in, Art Institute of Chicago
9. The American Scene
1930s: American artists influenced by European Modernism yet felt
it important to find inspiration in the United States.
Artists depicted contemporary American life in a
realistic/naturalistic way
American Regionalists: Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood
Regionalists dismissed European Modernism as High Brow and favored
illustrational styles.
10. Thomas Hart Benton, Boomtown, 1928, o/c, 46 x 54in,
Memorial Art Gallery
11. Thomas Hart Benton c. to El Greco, 17th Century
12. 16.36, Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930, oil on
beaverboard, 29x24 in, Art Institute of Chicago
13. Mexican Mural Movement: 1920s -1950s
Mexican Artists like Diego Rivera celebrated Mexican nationalism
with murals in schools, civic buildings, churches, museums
Rivera developed a modern neoclassical style consisting of simple,
monumental forms and bold areas of color
14. 16.53, Diego Rivera, Flower Day, 1925, o/c, 58 x 47 in,
LACMA
15. 16.54, Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-33, Fresco,
north wall, Detroit Institute of Arts
16. 16.54, Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-33, Fresco,
north wall, Detail, Detroit Institute of Arts
17. Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo
18. Frida Kahlo (1907-54)
19. 16.57, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border between
Mexico and the United States, 1932, oil on sheet metal, 12 x 13
in
20. Mexican Retablo
21. 16.58, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace,
1940, o/c, 24 x 18 in