1. 1. Art 271
   Ch. 16 American Art Before WWII
   
2. 2. Surrealism
   Dali, Persistence of Memory
   
3. 3. Background for Ch. 16
   Painting in 1920s & 30s affected by Depression & Fascism in Europe
   Spirit of Isolationism in U.S. reflected in art of this time
   Art in the United States became socially conscious, nationalist, and regionalist
   291 Gallery and 1913 Armory Show introduced Modernism to America
   
4. 4. Alfred Stieglitz, The Flatiron Building, Photogravure, 1903
   
5. 5. Alfred Stieglitz & Georgia OKeeffe
   
6. 6. Georgia OKeeffe (1887-1986)
   Red Canna, 1924
   
7. 7. 16.19, Georgia OKeeffe, Music Pink and Blue, II, 1919, o/c, 35 x 29, Whitney Museum, NY
   
8. 8. 16.21, Georgia OKeeffe, Cows Scull with Calico Roses, 1931, o/c, 35 x 24in, Art Institute of Chicago
   
9. 9. The American Scene
   1930s: American artists influenced by European Modernism yet felt it important to find inspiration in the United States.
   Artists depicted contemporary American life in a realistic/naturalistic way
   American Regionalists: Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood
   Regionalists dismissed European Modernism as High Brow and favored illustrational styles.
   
10. 10. Thomas Hart Benton, Boomtown, 1928, o/c, 46 x 54in, Memorial Art Gallery
    
11. 11. Thomas Hart Benton c. to El Greco, 17th Century
    
12. 12. 16.36, Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930, oil on beaverboard, 29x24 in, Art Institute of Chicago
    
13. 13. Mexican Mural Movement: 1920s -1950s
    Mexican Artists like Diego Rivera celebrated Mexican nationalism with murals in schools, civic buildings, churches, museums
    Rivera developed a modern neoclassical style consisting of simple, monumental forms and bold areas of color
    
14. 14. 16.53, Diego Rivera, Flower Day, 1925, o/c, 58 x 47 in, LACMA
    
15. 15. 16.54, Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-33, Fresco, north wall, Detroit Institute of Arts
    
16. 16. 16.54, Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932-33, Fresco, north wall, Detail, Detroit Institute of Arts
    
17. 17. Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo
    
18. 18. Frida Kahlo (1907-54)
    
19. 19. 16.57, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border between Mexico and the United States, 1932, oil on sheet metal, 12 x 13 in
    
20. 20. Mexican Retablo
    
21. 21. 16.58, Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace, 1940, o/c, 24 x 18 in
    
22. 22. FridaKahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939