Modern American Art The themes of the Modern

Modern American Art The themes of the Modern period can be seen in both its literature and its art. Demuth

Alienation Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth

Alienation is even apparent in some of the landscapes. Bohrod

Edward Hopper Alongside alienation, comes the Anti-Hero

Bellows

The Influence of the War is also apparent in art. Bohrod

Lawrence

Andrew Wyeth Regionalism continued into its second generation in both literature and painting.

Although the tone is very different, this could be Sherwood Anderson’s Midwest. Robert Wood

Benton

These could be characters from Winesburg, Ohio. Robert Wood

Steinbeck’s cannery workers? O. Regionalism Henry’s included New York? the city. Carl Sandburg’s Chicago? Bellows

Demuth

Andrew Wyeth This could be Willa Cather’s Nebraska.

Benton

Andrew Wyeth

Although distained by some, Norman Rockwell is centered on regional themes.

Benton

Sometimes the Whylandscape do you think he called becomes it Classic Landscape? industrial. Sheeler Classic Landscape

Sheeler

Very little of what we’ve seen so far is what people usually refer to as “Modern Art” Edward Hopper

“Make It New!” Demuth

Like Modern This the is not what poets, usually many people painters tried tois. think a portrait “Make it New!” Hartley - Portrait of a German Officer

Portrait of Ralph Dusselberry Dove

The Critic Dove

Demuth

Bruce

de Kooning

Dove Fog Horns Is he portraying the horns themselves or their sound?

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