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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.

"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."

What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.

Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.

#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting

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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.

"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."

What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.

Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.

#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting

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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.

"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."

What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.

Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.

#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting

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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.

"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."

What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.

Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.

#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting

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I was sitting in an Austin Starbucks last weekend, absorbed in the recently published "New Deal Art: Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression" by John P. Murphy.

"Hello." A smiling man was standing by my table. "I'm the author of the book you're reading."

What a delightful coincidence! We sat together and chatted for a while about the book, the thirties, and the exhibition of American modernist art at the UT Blanton Museum where he was going to be giving a talk.

Even though I was already planning to post a few thoughts on the book, the chance meeting has provided me with additional impetus.

#NewDealArt #AmericanArt #NewDeal #ArtHistory #JohnPMurphy #Coincidence #USHistory #20thCenturyArt #1930s #ChanceMeeting

William Scott
Still Life
1949
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#WilliamScott #StillLife #20thCenturyArt #art #painting

William Scott
Sennen
1950
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#WilliamScott #abstractlandscape #20thcenturyart #art #painting

"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.

A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.

#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite

"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.

A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.

#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite

"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.

A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.

#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite

"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.

A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.

#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite

"View of Alpine" -- Moya del Pino -- oil on masonite -- 1940.

A US Post Office mural created for Alpine, TX, by Jose Moya del Pino ( 1891- 1969), a Spanish born artist who worked for most of his life in Bay area California.

#Art #Painting #JoseMoyadelPino #USArt #AmericanArt #NewDealArt #20thCenturyArt #PublicArt #PostOfficeMurals #Alpine #Texas #Masonite

"IMG_9909 Max Beckmann. 1884-1950. Reclining Woman with Pinks. Femme couchée avec des roses. vers 1941. Hannover. Sprengel Museum." by jean louis mazieres is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

#Art #Painting #MaxBeckmann #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #1940s

Walter Sickert
Lady Martin
1935
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#WalterSickert #LadyMartin #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Walter Battiss
Matala Crete: A Pair
1972
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#WalterBattiss #MatalaCrete #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Vladimir Dimitrov
Unknown Title
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#VladimirDimitrov #canvas techniques #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Max Beckmann -- Quappi in Armchair -- Crayon and chalk on paper -- 1927 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

I've only learnt of this picture recently.
I've fallen so madly in love with it that I can't put into words why I love it so much.

#Art #GermanArt #MaxBeckmann #Quappi #Drawing #1920s #20thCenturyArt

George Grosz -- Pillars Of Society -- Oil on canvas -- 1926 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

I'm probably in the company of many here in being familiar with this pictorial indictment of the capitalist Germany of the mid twenties.

I can't make up my mind whether the unforgettable imagery is or was politically effective as a powerful agent and sustainer of radicalization, or whether, on the other hand, it is or was so overwhelmingly and indiscriminately polemical as to leave viewers in a state of general disgust about their society and ultimately in a state of demobilising despair about the possibility of change for the better.

#Art #Painting #PoliticalArt
#GeorgeGrosz #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit
#WeimarRepublic

George Grosz -- Pillars Of Society -- Oil on canvas -- 1926 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

I'm probably in the company of many here in being familiar with this pictorial indictment of the capitalist Germany of the mid twenties.

I can't make up my mind whether the unforgettable imagery is or was politically effective as a powerful agent and sustainer of radicalization, or whether, on the other hand, it is or was so overwhelmingly and indiscriminately polemical as to leave viewers in a state of general disgust about their society and ultimately in a state of demobilising despair about the possibility of change for the better.

#Art #Painting #PoliticalArt
#GeorgeGrosz #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit
#WeimarRepublic

George Grosz -- Pillars Of Society -- Oil on canvas -- 1926 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

I'm probably in the company of many here in being familiar with this pictorial indictment of the capitalist Germany of the mid twenties.

I can't make up my mind whether the unforgettable imagery is or was politically effective as a powerful agent and sustainer of radicalization, or whether, on the other hand, it is or was so overwhelmingly and indiscriminately polemical as to leave viewers in a state of general disgust about their society and ultimately in a state of demobilising despair about the possibility of change for the better.

#Art #Painting #PoliticalArt
#GeorgeGrosz #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit
#WeimarRepublic

George Grosz -- Pillars Of Society -- Oil on canvas -- 1926 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

I'm probably in the company of many here in being familiar with this pictorial indictment of the capitalist Germany of the mid twenties.

I can't make up my mind whether the unforgettable imagery is or was politically effective as a powerful agent and sustainer of radicalization, or whether, on the other hand, it is or was so overwhelmingly and indiscriminately polemical as to leave viewers in a state of general disgust about their society and ultimately in a state of demobilising despair about the possibility of change for the better.

#Art #Painting #PoliticalArt
#GeorgeGrosz #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit
#WeimarRepublic

George Grosz -- Pillars Of Society -- Oil on canvas -- 1926 -- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie

I'm probably in the company of many here in being familiar with this pictorial indictment of the capitalist Germany of the mid twenties.

I can't make up my mind whether the unforgettable imagery is or was politically effective as a powerful agent and sustainer of radicalization, or whether, on the other hand, it is or was so overwhelmingly and indiscriminately polemical as to leave viewers in a state of general disgust about their society and ultimately in a state of demobilising despair about the possibility of change for the better.

#Art #Painting #PoliticalArt
#GeorgeGrosz #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit
#WeimarRepublic

The Jeweller Karl Krall -- Otto Dix -- 1923 -- Oil on canvas -- Kunst und Museumsverien im Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the 2006 exhibition catalogue "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s", Krall was not only, as a chamber music amateur, musical, but was also "musical", to use the term used in 1920s British English to describe gay men.

The catalogue entry suggests that beneath Krall's jacket, "there must be a corset that is much too tight. Severe discomfort makes the blood rush to Krall's face, turning it purple-red with bluish accents. Veins on his forehead seem ready to pop."

As with so many of the other portraits, I find myself fascinated by this picture. Is Dix's depiction of the hour glass figured jeweller a frank depiction of Krall's style in foundation garments, or does it function as the painter's possibly contemptuous verdict on male homosexuality?

#Art #Painting #Portrait #OttoDix #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit #KarlKrall #Gay #Homosexual #Homophobia #Corset #TightWaisting #WeimarRepublic

The Jeweller Karl Krall -- Otto Dix -- 1923 -- Oil on canvas -- Kunst und Museumsverien im Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the 2006 exhibition catalogue "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s", Krall was not only, as a chamber music amateur, musical, but was also "musical", to use the term used in 1920s British English to describe gay men.

The catalogue entry suggests that beneath Krall's jacket, "there must be a corset that is much too tight. Severe discomfort makes the blood rush to Krall's face, turning it purple-red with bluish accents. Veins on his forehead seem ready to pop."

As with so many of the other portraits, I find myself fascinated by this picture. Is Dix's depiction of the hour glass figured jeweller a frank depiction of Krall's style in foundation garments, or does it function as the painter's possibly contemptuous verdict on male homosexuality?

#Art #Painting #Portrait #OttoDix #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit #KarlKrall #Gay #Homosexual #Homophobia #Corset #TightWaisting #WeimarRepublic

The Jeweller Karl Krall -- Otto Dix -- 1923 -- Oil on canvas -- Kunst und Museumsverien im Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the 2006 exhibition catalogue "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s", Krall was not only, as a chamber music amateur, musical, but was also "musical", to use the term used in 1920s British English to describe gay men.

The catalogue entry suggests that beneath Krall's jacket, "there must be a corset that is much too tight. Severe discomfort makes the blood rush to Krall's face, turning it purple-red with bluish accents. Veins on his forehead seem ready to pop."

As with so many of the other portraits, I find myself fascinated by this picture. Is Dix's depiction of the hour glass figured jeweller a frank depiction of Krall's style in foundation garments, or does it function as the painter's possibly contemptuous verdict on male homosexuality?

#Art #Painting #Portrait #OttoDix #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit #KarlKrall #Gay #Homosexual #Homophobia #Corset #TightWaisting #WeimarRepublic

The Jeweller Karl Krall -- Otto Dix -- 1923 -- Oil on canvas -- Kunst und Museumsverien im Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the 2006 exhibition catalogue "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s", Krall was not only, as a chamber music amateur, musical, but was also "musical", to use the term used in 1920s British English to describe gay men.

The catalogue entry suggests that beneath Krall's jacket, "there must be a corset that is much too tight. Severe discomfort makes the blood rush to Krall's face, turning it purple-red with bluish accents. Veins on his forehead seem ready to pop."

As with so many of the other portraits, I find myself fascinated by this picture. Is Dix's depiction of the hour glass figured jeweller a frank depiction of Krall's style in foundation garments, or does it function as the painter's possibly contemptuous verdict on male homosexuality?

#Art #Painting #Portrait #OttoDix #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit #KarlKrall #Gay #Homosexual #Homophobia #Corset #TightWaisting #WeimarRepublic

The Jeweller Karl Krall -- Otto Dix -- 1923 -- Oil on canvas -- Kunst und Museumsverien im Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the 2006 exhibition catalogue "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s", Krall was not only, as a chamber music amateur, musical, but was also "musical", to use the term used in 1920s British English to describe gay men.

The catalogue entry suggests that beneath Krall's jacket, "there must be a corset that is much too tight. Severe discomfort makes the blood rush to Krall's face, turning it purple-red with bluish accents. Veins on his forehead seem ready to pop."

As with so many of the other portraits, I find myself fascinated by this picture. Is Dix's depiction of the hour glass figured jeweller a frank depiction of Krall's style in foundation garments, or does it function as the painter's possibly contemptuous verdict on male homosexuality?

#Art #Painting #Portrait #OttoDix #GermanArt #20thCenturyArt #NeueSachlichkeit #KarlKrall #Gay #Homosexual #Homophobia #Corset #TightWaisting #WeimarRepublic

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/133102-z-vii

#MoholyNagy #LászlóMoholyNagy #ZVII #Bauhaus #Modernism #Art #20thCenturyArt #Painting

Amrita Sher-Gil
Hungarian Market Scene
1938
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#AmritaSherGil #Hungarianculture #20thcenturyart #art #painting

"Milk - for summer thirst"

Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#Art #Poster #USArt #AmericanArt #WPA #FAP #WorksProjectsAdministration #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #20thCenturyArt #NewDeal #Milk

"Milk - for summer thirst"

Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#Art #Poster #USArt #AmericanArt #WPA #FAP #WorksProjectsAdministration #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #20thCenturyArt #NewDeal #Milk

"Milk - for summer thirst"

Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#Art #Poster #USArt #AmericanArt #WPA #FAP #WorksProjectsAdministration #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #20thCenturyArt #NewDeal #Milk

"Milk - for summer thirst"

Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#Art #Poster #USArt #AmericanArt #WPA #FAP #WorksProjectsAdministration #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #20thCenturyArt #NewDeal #Milk

"Milk - for summer thirst"

Ohio -- Federal Art Project -- 1940 Works Projects Administration -- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .M562, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#Art #Poster #USArt #AmericanArt #WPA #FAP #WorksProjectsAdministration #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #20thCenturyArt #NewDeal #Milk

Elena Andreevna Kiseleva (Russian, 1878-1974) -- Portrait de femme -- Oil on canvas -- 88.3 x 106cm -- Inscribed in Cyrillic 'Belgrad' (upper right)

#Art #Painting #RussianArt #Portrait #20thCenturyArt #Yugoslavia

Poster for Cleveland Division of Health -- Ohio : WPA Art Program -- 1940 -- Federal Art Project -- 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color -- Library of Congress Work Projects Administration Poster Collection -- POS - WPA - OH .01 .S785, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]

#USHistory #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #NewDeal #Poster #Swimming #Art #USArt #AmericanArt #20thCenturyArt #Cleveland

A hollow tree by John Craxton for #ThickTrunkTuesday. #JohnCraxton #landscape #20thCenturyArt #artsky

Samuel Mutzner
Marin
1935
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#SamuelMutzner #Romanianartist #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Raoul Dufy
Anemones
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#RaoulDufy #floralart #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Raoul Dufy
Anemones
1937
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#RaoulDufy #floralstilllife #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait
1942
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#PierreBonnard #selfportrait #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait
1942
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#PierreBonnard #selfportrait #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait
1942
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#PierreBonnard #selfportrait #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait
1942
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#PierreBonnard #selfportrait #20thcenturyart #art #painting

Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait
1942
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#PierreBonnard #selfportrait #20thcenturyart #art #painting