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10 MILTON AVERY (18851965)

Avery's work is crucial to

American abstract painting.

Avery defied conventional
perspective in order to create
representational, but highly
abstract paintings.

His work was initially rejected as

being too abstract or out of the

norm. Later, as abstract
expressionism took hold in
America, he work was considered
too representational.
Morning Workout
1955

ROSES BY THE SEA

DOUR DAY 1939

SPRINGTIME
1943

9 MAURICE PRENDERGAST (1858-1924)

From 1891 to 1894, Prendergast lived

in Paris, where he studied painting

and developed his understanding
post-impressionism. Upon his return,
he became associated with a group
of artists known as The Eight, who
championed a more progressive
approach to art. He traveled to
Europe many times between 1898
and 1914. The artist's assimilation of
the avant-garde styles of Czanne
and Matisse is evident in his use of
strokes of vivid colors in intricate,
decorative patterns that draw
attention to the picture's surface.

Bathing, Marblehead
1897

CARNIVAL,
FRANKLIN PARK,
BOSTON
1897

DOCKS, EAST BOSTON, 1904

8 ARTHUR DOVE (1880

1946)
Arthur Dove is known as one of

Americas first true abstract artists.

His paintings depict the American
landscape through a reductionists
approach of bringing the forms down
to their essence. There is a quality
of nature that stays within the work
even as the forms and shapes take
on more non-representational
aspects. In his first one-person
exhibition, held at Stieglitz's Gallery
291 in 1912, Dove established
himself as one of Americas most
prolific and inventive artists working
with abstraction. His work has
inspired many future generations.

Goat, ca. 1934

TREE, 1935

DRAWING FOR ABSTRACT FROM THRESHING ENGINE SAWING WOOD (1938)

7 CHARLES DEMUTH
(1883-1935).
Demuth is known for his cubist style

works depicting the Pennsylvania

landscape and cityscapes. He studied at
the Drexel Institute of Art and later at the
Pennsylvania Institute of Art and
Academy of Fine Art in Pennsylvania.
Charles studied briefly with the French
cubist Albert Gleizes in Bermuda in 1917.
After returning to the United states, he
developed his own precisionist style of
painting.

Trees & Barns: Bermuda

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE

AFTER SIR
CHRISTOPHER WREN,
1920

6 THOMAS EAKINS
(1844-1916)
Eakins was a native born artist who

is best known for his starkly realistic

paintings. Most notable is the Gross
Clinic (1875, Oil on canvas, 96 X
78Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia).

John Biglin in a Single Scull,

ca. 1873

BASEBALL PLAYERS PRACTICING (1875)

WHISTLING FOR PLOVER CIRCA 1874

5 ANDREW WYETH
(1917- 2009)
Wyeth was the son of the famous

illustrator, N.C Wyeth. He was a

child prodigy who quickly developed
a reputation for detailed realism.
Wyeth focused his career on
depicting the landscape and people
around Chadds Ford Pennsylvania
and his summer home in Cushing,
Maine. Wyeths regionalist style
captured the gritty ruggedness of
both people and land. He was wildly
popular during his lifetime and
inspired many future artists. He is
best known for his works in
watercolor and egg tempera.

HELGA

BORDER PATROL

4 GEORGIA OKEEFFE
(1887-1986).
OKeeffe brought her own personal

instincts and style to the American

art scene in the early 1900s. Her
paintings show an economy of
detail with an emphasis on form,
color, and shadow and exude of
sense of Modernism. She worked
both representationally and
abstractly to reveal a unique
vision of the southwest. Most
noteworthy are her large floral
paintings.

Untitled, 1917

STARLIT NIGHTWATERCOLOR 1917

EVENING STARWATERCOLOR 1917

3 JOHN MARIN (1870-1953).

Marin travelled to Europe from

1905 to 1910 and returned to

America after being influence
by the works of Cezanne. He
was introduced to Alfred
Stieglitz soon after his return,
and under the direction of The
Stieglitz 291 gallery, he began
to interpret New York through
an abstract watercolor style,
the likes of which had not
been previously seen in
America.

Sunset, 1922

FROM THE BRIDGE

(1933)

STREET CROSSING,
NEW YORK,1928

2 JOHN SINGER SARGENT

(1856-1925)
John Singer Sargent was born

January 12, 1856 to American

parents living in Florence,
Italy. Although he spent most
of his life in Europe, both of
his parents were raised in the
United States and the artist
considered himself to be an
American.

Venetian Canal,
1913

MAN WITH RED DRAPERY, AFTER 1900

1 WINSLOW HOMER (18361910)

Winslow Homer was a self-

taught artist and illustrator

who worked as a
documentary artist during
the Civil War. After a visit to
France where Homer was
exposed to the work of
Barbizon School of painters,
Homer adopted his mature
style and sense of Realism.
He later moved to Maine,
where he painted several
marine style landscapes.

THE RED CANOE,

1889

FISHING BOATS,KEY WEST, 1903.

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