AMERICAN MODERNS, 1910–1960: FROM O'KEEFFE TO ROCKWELL
 | October 12, 2013 – January 5, 2014 Drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned American art collection, this exhibition features 57 paintings and sculptures that highlight changes in American art and culture during the fascinating half-century from 1910 through 1960. The works of art on view were produced by leading artists of the day, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Rockwell Kent, Joseph Stella, Grandma Moses, and Norman Rockwell. Complementing the Delaware Art Museum’s own holdings, American Moderns explores how American artists engaged modernity by creating cubist experiments, images of modern structures, Americana, and stylized renditions of traditional subjects such as landscapes and still-life arrangements. 2 Yellow Leaves (Yellow Leaves), 1928 Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 1/8 inches Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 87.136.6 |
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| Handsome Drinks, 1916 Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) Oil on composition board, 24 x 20 inches Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lowenthal, 72.3 | Abraham Walkowitz, 1907 Max Weber (1881-1961) Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Abraham Walkowitz, 44.65 |
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| The Sand Cart, 1917 George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925) Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 44 1/16 inches Brooklyn Museum, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 24.85 |
EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS
Saturday, October 19
Saturday, October 19
Saturday, November 9
AMERICAN MODERNS,1910–1960: FROM O’KEEFFE TO ROCKWELL CATALOG ON SALE NOW!
This beautifully illustrated 128-page hardback book, with essays by Karen A. Sherry and Margaret Stenz, was published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition from the Brooklyn Museum. Presented in six exciting thematic sections—Cubist Experiments, The Still Life Revisited, Nature Essentialized, Modern Structures, Engaging Characters, and Americana—this book highlights fascinating shifts in American art and culture between 1910–1960. $22.50 for Museum Members, $25 for Non-Members.
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Source : Delaware Art Museum
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