20th Century Art
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Joseph Stella, Umberto Romano and O. Louis Guglielmi all immigrated to the United States from Italy and later created artwork reflective of the American experience. more...
Both artist and critic, the independent-minded Fairfield Porter explored realistic scenes and landscapes at a time when Abstract-Expressionism was in vogue. more...
Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George
In the early 1920s, Georgia O'Keeffe's long, hot, crowded upstate New York summers with the Stieglitz clan prompted her to turn an old shack into a creative retreat. more...
Henri Matisse's interaction with a model known simply as Lorette brought about a vivid breakthrough in the artist's approach and style. more...
Artist and teacher Umberto Romano's work mirrored his versatility, passion and compassion. more...
Through his portraits, self-portraits, scenes of war or quiet rooms, the works of artist William Orpen reveal a many-faceted talent. more...
Best known for his classic 1930 painting American Gothic, Grant Wood championed the artistic power of scenes from America's heartland. more...
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Art Book Review – Mexican Muralists
By: Scott Fogdall
Students of Mexican and Latin-American art will find beautiful reproductions and informative essays in this 1993 compendium. more...
Judy Chicago and The Dinner Party
Chicago's 'The Dinner Party' is one of the most important works of art in terms of feminist art history and a controversial piece of the 20th century American Art. more...
Future Unveiled by French Artist Suzanne Valadon
Feminist art history reveals how avant-garde, whose objective was to challenge the academic canon, applied exclusively to male artists. more...
Avant-Garde – Abstraction in Constructivism
The process of abstracting of forms found its extreme in Constructivism, the avant-garde art movement of the post-revolutionary Russian and later Soviet era. more...
Who Were the Indian Space Painters?
By: Scott Fogdall
Akin to the Abstract Expressionists, the Indian Space painters were an informal group of New York artists sharing a common attraction to Native American form invention. more...
The Arizona Desert and Frank Lloyd Wright
By: Jeanne Lombardo
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West offers a striking example of the architect's theory of organic architecture applied to the stark but beautiful southwest desert. more...
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West
By: Jeanne Lombardo
The story of Taliesin West is one of salvation, rebirth and love. Here, the aging architect regenerated his personal and professional life from the ashes of disaster. more...
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