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American Painting in the 20th Century

American Painting in the Twentieth Century

Geldzahler, Henry

1965

236 pages

This title is out of print.

Table of contents

About the authors

Introduction by Robert Beverly Hale and James J. Rorimer

1. The Eight and Their Satellites

2. The First Wave of Modernism

3. Figurative Painters of the Twenties and Thirties

4. The Regionalists

5. Fourteenth Street: The City Scene

6. The Social Realists

7. Primitives and Naives

8. The Hard Edge: Industrial and Abstract

9. Surrealists and Magic Realists

10. The Pacific Northwest Painters

11. Figurative Painters of the Forties and Fifties

12. The New Abstraction

Biographies of the Painters
Bibliography
Index

Met Art in Publication

Paris Night, Robert Henri American, Oil on canvas, American — Paris Night
1898

Dutch Girl in White, Robert Henri American, Oil on canvas, American — Dutch Girl in White
1907

The Masquerade Dress, Robert Henri American, Oil on canvas, American — The Masquerade Dress
1911

Boy with Baseball, George Luks American, Oil on canvas, American — Boy with Baseball
ca. 1925

Central Park, Winter, William James Glackens American, Oil on canvas, American — Central Park, Winter
ca. 1905

The Green Car, William James Glackens American, Oil on canvas, American — The Green Car
1910

The Sewing Woman, John Sloan American, Oil on canvas, American — The Sewing Woman
1901

Dust Storm, Fifth Avenue, John Sloan American, Oil on canvas, American — Dust Storm, Fifth Avenue
1906

The Lafayette, John Sloan American, Oil on canvas, American — The Lafayette
1927

Herald Square, Everett Shinn American, Pastel, brush and ink, and watercolor on illustration board, American — Herald Square
ca. 1900–1902

Circus, Everett Shinn American, Pastel and monotype on paper, American — Circus
1906

London Music Hall, Everett Shinn American, Oil on canvas, American — London Music Hall
1918

Unicorns (Legend—Sea Calm), Arthur B. Davies American, Oil on canvas, American — Unicorns (Legend—Sea Calm)
ca. 1906

A Measure of Dreams, Arthur B. Davies American, Oil on canvas, American — A Measure of Dreams
ca. 1908

Louvre—Autumn Afternoon, Arthur B. Davies American, Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and blue pastel on light gray paper, American — Louvre—Autumn Afternoon
1925

Court Yard, West End Library, Boston, Maurice Brazil Prendergast American, Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper, American — Court Yard, West End Library, Boston
ca. 1900–1901

Central Park, Maurice Brazil Prendergast American, Oil on canvas, American — Central Park
ca. 1914–15

Winter, Ernest Lawson American, born Canada, Oil on canvas, American — Winter
1914

The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine, George Bellows American, Oil on lumbercore panel — The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine
1916

Up the Hudson, George Bellows American, Oil on canvas — Up the Hudson
1908

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