ARTS 150 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Current Lecture I American Art between 1920 40s Current Lecture Dorthea Lange Migrant Mother 1936 Walker Evans Washroom and Dining Area of Floyd Burrough s Home Hale County Alabama 1936 Walker Evans Bud Fields and His Family Hale County Alabama 1936 o Hired by FSA o Historical reality of the summer of 1936 o His works culminated in a book of photography called Let us now praise famous men Ben Shahn The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti o Social realism o Made murals and posers as well as paintings o Painting uncovers the legal system which condemned the Italian anarchists o Relating painting to the passion of the Christ also seen as an injustice Thomas Hart Benton July Hay 1942 o One of the most ambitious vocal and influential artists of the time o Foremost realism painter o Often painted the land Related to Courbet s the Stone Breakers Diego Rivera Detroit Industry Mural North Wall 1932 o Was originally a communist o Man and machine relationship Thomas Hart Benton Pioneer Days and Early Settlers State Capitol Jefferson City 1936 o Benton taught Pollock Benton The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley 1934 o Rural setting Benton City Building mural America Today 1930 o New Deal mural o Realism becoming very diversified Grant Wood American Gothic 1930 o Originally from Iowa o Inspired by 15th cent German and Flemish artists These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o image of upright American self reliance known as regionalism celebrating national heartland and agrarian life Grant Wood Young Corn 1931 o Based on childhood recollections of Iowa hills crops and nature o His paintings were adopted by US postal stamps in 1990s o 1990s time of revival past being reconsidered reviewed and remembered Edward Hopper Nighthawks 1942 o Automat 1927 o Office at Night 1940 Social Realism Women being employed and going out on their own Hoper incorporated these new social aspects into his world Hopper also took special care of his use of light Characters often alone o Early Sunday Morning 1930 Often idea of loneliness incorporated Hopper classified as one of US leading social realists Jackson Pollock 1949 Life Magazine
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