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While modernism swept European artists' studios and views of the seamier side of urban life in New York City filled the canvases of a group of American artists, the majority of painters in the early twentieth century reveled in the familiar and everyday. Landscapes were fresh and inviting, usually influenced by the staccato and colorful brush strokes of Impressionism. In the paintings people engaged in pleasurable or diligent activity, oblivious of the coming economic or political storms. Included in this exhibition are paintings on loan to the Museum by artists Ernest Lawson, Jerome Myers, Guy Wiggins, William Glackens, John Sloan, Guy Pène du Bois and Charles Burchfield, as well as works from this period in the Museum collection. Each of these canvases shares a personal vision of the artist, creating a poetic statement from what could be called a prosaic theme. Photo Credit: Guy Pène du Bois, American, 1884-1958 Beach, Deauville, 1926 Oil on panel, 22 x 18" Anonymous loan. Contact: Suzanne Foley, Curator 804/924-3592 Fax: 804/924-6321 |
