Investigates paintings featured at the Art Institute of Chicago that represent the American Modernism art movement from between World War I and the 1950s. Artists discussed and represented include Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Jackson Pollock.
Profiles two hundred works in oil, sculpture, and ceramics created by Pablo Picasso from 1898 to 1972, many of which belong in private collections and have never been seen before.
treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
McClintic, Miranda
2001
Showcases works that parallel developments in modern life during the coarse of the twentieth century as American artists absorbed European avant-garde styles and translated them into a native idiom.
Traces the development of modern art in Europe from 1880 to 1940, featuring profiles of artists and works representative of various styles and movements, including expressionism, cubism, surrealism, and others.
A color-illustrated, period-by-period overview of modern art that describes the major movements, artists, and works and includes a glossary and a time line of concurrent world events.
This book follows the history of the Impressionists from their formation to their dissolution as a group, from the 1860s to 1926. Includes biographies of all of the artists, detailed descriptions of their individual styles and background information on the historical events of the time period.
