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During the 1920s and '30s and until the end of World War II, a distinctly American form of Expressionism evolved. Most of the artists in this movement, children of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, African-Americans and other outsiders to American mainstream culture, grew up in the urban ghettoes of the East Coast or Chicago. Their art was sympathetic to the disposessed and reflected a deep concern with the lives of working people. Providing a look at this art - and the beginnings of a new movement, Abstract Expressionism, which followed it - cultural historian Bram Dijkstra offers insights into the roots of painting in modern America.
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American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950, Bram Dijkstra
- Language
- Released
- 2003
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bram Dijkstra
- Publisher
- H.N. Abrams
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0810942313
- ISBN13
- 9780810942318
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Art
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- During the 1920s and '30s and until the end of World War II, a distinctly American form of Expressionism evolved. Most of the artists in this movement, children of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, African-Americans and other outsiders to American mainstream culture, grew up in the urban ghettoes of the East Coast or Chicago. Their art was sympathetic to the disposessed and reflected a deep concern with the lives of working people. Providing a look at this art - and the beginnings of a new movement, Abstract Expressionism, which followed it - cultural historian Bram Dijkstra offers insights into the roots of painting in modern America.