1. Art 271 Ch. 16 American Art Before WWII

2. Surrealism Dali, Persistence of Memory

3. Background for Ch. 16 Painting in 1920’s & 30’s 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 O’Keeffe

6. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) Red Canna, 1924

7. 16.19, Georgia O’Keeffe, Music – Pink and Blue, II, 1919, o/c, 35 x 29, Whitney Museum, NY

8. 16.21, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cow’s Scull with Calico Roses, 1931, o/c, 35 x 24in, Art Institute of Chicago

9. The American Scene 1930’s: 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: 1920’s -1950’s 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 ½ 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 ¼ x 13 ¾ in

20. Mexican Retablo

21. 16.58, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace, 1940, o/c, 24 x 18 in

22. FridaKahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939