Europe & America before 1945 New Objectivity Surrealism De Stijl Regionalism International Style
PABLO PICASSO, Guernica, 1937. Oil on canvas, 11’ 5 1/2” x 25’ 5 3/4” PABLO PICASSO, Guernica, 1937. Oil on canvas, 11’ 5 1/2” x 25’ 5 3/4”. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. 2 2
New Objectivity GEORGE GROSZ, Fit for Active Service, 1916–1917. Pen and brush and ink on paper, 1’ 8” x 1’ 2 3/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York 3 3
MAX BECKMANN, Night, 1918–1919. Oil on canvas, 4’ 4 3/8” x 5’ 1/4” MAX BECKMANN, Night, 1918–1919. Oil on canvas, 4’ 4 3/8” x 5’ 1/4”. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. 4 4
OTTO DIX, Der Krieg (The War), 1929–1932 OTTO DIX, Der Krieg (The War), 1929–1932. Oil and tempera on wood, 6’ 8 1/3” x 13’ 4 3/4”. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden. 5 5
ERNST BARLACH, War Monument, Cathedral, Güstrow, Germany, 1927. Bronze. 6 6
Surrealism GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, Melancholy and Mystery of a Street, 1914. Oil on canvas, 2’ 10 1/4” x 2’ 4 1/2”. Private collection. 7 7
MAX ERNST, Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale, 1924 MAX ERNST, Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale, 1924. Oil on wood with wood construction, 2’ 3 1/2” x 1’ 10 1/2” x 4 1/2”. MoMA 8 8
SALVADOR DALÍ, The Persistence of Memory, 1931 SALVADOR DALÍ, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas, 9 1/2” x 1’ 1”. Museum of Modern Art, New York. 9 9
RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928–1929 RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928–1929. Oil on canvas, 1’ 11 5/8” x 3’ 1”. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 10 10
MERET OPPENHEIM, Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), 1936 MERET OPPENHEIM, Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), 1936. Fur-covered cup, 4 3/8” diameter; saucer, 9 3/8” diameter; spoon, 8” long. MoMA, NY 11 11
JOAN MIRÓ, Painting, 1933. 5’ 8” x 6’ 5” JOAN MIRÓ, Painting, 1933. 5’ 8” x 6’ 5”. Museum of Modern Art, New York 12 12
PAUL KLEE, Twittering Machine, 1922 PAUL KLEE, Twittering Machine, 1922. Watercolor and pen and ink, on oil transfer drawing on paper, mounted on cardboard, 2’ 1” x 1’ 7”. MoMa, NY 13 13
De Stijl PIET MONDRIAN, Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1937-1942. Oil on canvas, 1’ 11 ¾” X 1’ 9 7/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York. 14 14
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-3, 50”x50”, MoMA, NY
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI, Bird in Space, 1928. Bronze, 4’ 2 5/16” high CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI, Bird in Space, 1928. Bronze, 4’ 2 5/16” high. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia 16 16
BARBARA HEPWORTH, Oval Sculpture (No. 2), 1943 BARBARA HEPWORTH, Oval Sculpture (No. 2), 1943. Plaster cast, 11 1/4” x 16 1/4” x 10”. Tate Gallery, London. 17 17
Artist: Henry Moore Title: Recumbent Figure Medium: Hornton stone Size: 35 X 52 X 29" (88.9 X 132.7 X 73.7 cm) Date: 1938 Source/ Museum: Tate Gallery, London Henry Moore, Recumbent Figure, Hornton stone, 1938, Tate Gall, London, 52” long
VERA MUKHINA, The Worker and the Collective Farm Worker VERA MUKHINA, The Worker and the Collective Farm Worker. Soviet Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1937. Stainless steel, 78’high Socialist Realism 19 19
ALEXANDER CALDER, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939 ALEXANDER CALDER, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939. Painted sheet aluminum and steel wire. 8’ 6” X 9’ 6”. MoMA, NY 20 20
DOROTHEA LANGE, Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley, 1935 DOROTHEA LANGE, Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley, 1935. Gelatin silver print. 1’1” x9”. Oakland Museum of California, 21 21
EDWARD HOPPER, Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 2’ 6” x 4’ 8 11/16” EDWARD HOPPER, Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 2’ 6” x 4’ 8 11/16”. The Art Institute of Chicago 22 22
Artist: Jacob Lawrence Title: During the World War there was a Great Migration North by Southern Negroes Medium: Tempera on masonite Size: 12 X 18" (30.5 X 45.7 cm) Date: 1940–41 Source/ Museum: Panel 1 from The Migration of the Negro / The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Jacob Lawrence, Migration of the Negro, Tempera on masonite, 12”x18” Phillips Coll, Wash.DC
JACOB LAWRENCE, No. 49 from The Migration of the Negro, 1940–1941 JACOB LAWRENCE, No. 49 from The Migration of the Negro, 1940–1941. Tempera on masonite, 1’ 6” x 1’. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 24 24
Regionalism GRANT WOOD, American Gothic, 1930. Oil on beaverboard, 2’ 5 7/8” x 2’ 7/8”. Art Institute of Chicago 25 25
THOMAS HART BENTON, Pioneer Days and Early Settlers, State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1936. Mural. Art 26 26
Thomas Hart Benton, July Hay, 1943
Artist: Gerrit Rietveld Title: Schröder House Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1925 Source/ Museum: Utrecht, the Netherlands GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD, Schröder House, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1924 (De Stijl)
WALTER GROPIUS, Shop Block, the Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany, 1925–1926 The International Style 29 29
MARCEL BREUER, Wassily chair, 1925 MARCEL BREUER, Wassily chair, 1925. Chrome-plated tubular steel and canvas, 2’4 1/4”x2’6 3/4” x2’4”. Museum of Modern Art, New York 30 30
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE, model for a glass skyscraper, Berlin, Germany, 1922 (no longer extant). 31 31
Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Bldg., NY, 1957
LE CORBUSIER, Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France, 1929. 33 33
WILLIAM VAN ALEN, Chrysler Building, New York, New York, 1928–1930 Art Deco 34 34
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, 1907–1909 (The Prairie Style) 35 35
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, plan of the second (main) level of the Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, 1907–1909. 36 36
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Kaufmann House (Fallingwater), Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936–1939. 37 37