Abstract:In a paper read recently at a College Art Association convention panel discussion, I reviewed my activity as a painter among painters in the last two decades, mainly in the artists unions and congress...In a paper read recently at a College Art Association convention panel discussion, I reviewed my activity as a painter among painters in the last two decades, mainly in the artists unions and congresses of the thirties, in the American abstract artists groups during the same period, and in a gallery combination of artists in the forties referred to now as the late “new avant garde”. These three efforts to establish a community of modern artists were exciting and free in their early and spontaneous stages, then exploited, institutionalized and made into businesses and careers later, very much like the first art academies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which were originally small informal associations of artists protesting their art situation, and trying to free the “fine”, “liberal”, and “intellectual” arts from medieval trades and crafts.Read More
Publication Year: 1953
Publication Date: 1953-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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