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Modernism

Modernism. Background “The Eight” John Sloan – McSorley’s Ale House (1912) “Ashcan School” George Bellows – Cliff Dwellers (1913) 291 – Alfred Stieglitz National Academy of Design Association of American Painters and Sculptors (AAPS) Arthur Davies (president) Walt Kuhn (secretary).

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Modernism

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  1. Modernism • Background • “The Eight” • John Sloan – McSorley’s Ale House (1912) • “Ashcan School” • George Bellows – Cliff Dwellers (1913) • 291 – Alfred Stieglitz • National Academy of Design • Association of American Painters and Sculptors (AAPS) • Arthur Davies (president) • Walt Kuhn (secretary)

  2. International Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show) • February 17, 1913 – 69th Regiment Armory • Cubists, Fauves, Impressionists • Futurists not present • General Response/Reaction • Not many attend at first • News gets out

  3. Exhibition is a farce • Money making venture • Critical Response to artists • Artists are insincere • Self indulgent • Anarchists • Failing to serve proper function

  4. Retrogression • Meaningless • Kenyon Cox • Theodore Roosevelt • Particular Artists/Works gain attention • Marcel Duchamp – Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 • American Art News – contest • Henri Matisse – Blue Nude

  5. Impact of Armory Show • 250, 000 see it • Increase in Modern art collecting • Institutions • National Academy of Design • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts • American artists influenced • Contributes to larger political/cultural concerns/debates of time

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