Abstraction and the American Scene
Gallery 16
Lynn Herrick Sharp Gallery
Following in the footsteps of The Eight, the American Scene painters, including Reginald Marsh and Edward Hopper, depicted the lives of ordinary Americans. However, they did not produce reassuring narratives of American life. Instead they created tense visions that convey the crowding and alienation of modern life.
In the 1930s, displaced by political turmoil, many European artists relocated to the United States, bringing avant-garde movements with them. Employed by American art schools and universities, Europeans like Hans Hoffman introduced a generation of American artists to the broken lines, distortions, and multiple perspectives of Cubism and the intense color and emotional appeal of Expressionism. |
