American Painting in the 20th Century

American Painting in the Twentieth Century

Geldzahler, Henry
1965
236 pages
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Introduction by Robert Beverly Hale and James J. Rorimer

1. The Eight and Their Satellites

2. The First Wave of Modernism

3. Figurative Painters of the Twenties and Thirties

4. The Regionalists

5. Fourteenth Street: The City Scene

6. The Social Realists

7. Primitives and Naives

8. The Hard Edge: Industrial and Abstract

9. Surrealists and Magic Realists

10. The Pacific Northwest Painters

11. Figurative Painters of the Forties and Fifties

12. The New Abstraction

Biographies of the Painters
Bibliography
Index

Met Art in Publication

Paris Night, Robert Henri  American, Oil on canvas, American
Robert Henri
1898
Dutch Girl in White, Robert Henri  American, Oil on canvas, American
Robert Henri
1907
The Masquerade Dress, Robert Henri  American, Oil on canvas, American
Robert Henri
1911
Boy with Baseball, George Luks  American, Oil on canvas, American
George Luks
ca. 1925
Central Park, Winter, William James Glackens  American, Oil on canvas, American
William James Glackens
ca. 1905
The Green Car, William James Glackens  American, Oil on canvas, American
William James Glackens
1910
The Sewing Woman, John Sloan  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Sloan
1901
Dust Storm, Fifth Avenue, John Sloan  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Sloan
1906
The Lafayette, John Sloan  American, Oil on canvas, American
John Sloan
1927
Herald Square, Everett Shinn  American, Pastel, brush and ink, and watercolor on illustration board, American
Everett Shinn
ca. 1900–1902
Circus, Everett Shinn  American, Pastel and monotype on paper, American
Everett Shinn
1906
London Music Hall, Everett Shinn  American, Oil on canvas, American
Everett Shinn
1918
Unicorns (Legend—Sea Calm), Arthur B. Davies  American, Oil on canvas, American
Arthur B. Davies
ca. 1906
A Measure of Dreams, Arthur B. Davies  American, Oil on canvas, American
Arthur B. Davies
ca. 1908
Louvre—Autumn Afternoon, Arthur B. Davies  American, Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and blue pastel on light gray paper, American
Arthur B. Davies
1925
Court Yard, West End Library, Boston, Maurice Brazil Prendergast   American, Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper, American
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
ca. 1900–1901
Central Park, Maurice Brazil Prendergast   American, Oil on canvas, American
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
ca. 1914–15
Winter, Ernest Lawson  American, born Canada, Oil on canvas, American
Ernest Lawson
1914
The Red Vine, Matinicus Island, Maine, George Bellows  American, Oil on lumbercore panel
George Bellows
1916
Up the Hudson, George Bellows  American, Oil on canvas
George Bellows
1908
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