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Current Exhibitions
The Armory Show: One Hundred Years Later |
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| December 15, 2012-June 23, 2013
West Bedroom Gallery
The groundbreaking Armory Show opened in New York City in February of 1913, and introduced paintings, prints, and sculpture by modern American and European artists. The art of Americans such as George Bellows, Robert Henri, and John Sloan was considered progressive for the time, but it was the work of avant-garde Europeans such as Paul Cézanne, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Paul Gauguin that truly shocked exhibition visitors. While many members of the press, the general public, and even the art world expressed outrage over the Europeans' modern and abstract pieces, a significant number of American artists were inspired by the new visual language they saw exhibited by their counterparts from abroad. This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Armory Show by drawing on work in Reynolda's collection and a private collection. Featuring paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture by American artists who participated in the original 1913 exhibition, The Armory Show: One Hundred Years Later includes important works by Bellows, Henri, and Sloan, along with Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Alfred Maurer, Maurice Prendergast, and others. |
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