The first of two presentations of American works on paper is on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, “American Moderns in Watercolor: Edward Hopper and His Contemporaries” together sixteen works of art from the 1920s and 1930s that depict urban and rural subjects.
Edward Hopper and contemporaries such as Charles Burchfield, Stuart Davis, Preston Dickinson, Arthur Dove, John Marin and Abraham Walkowitz were increasingly on the move observing the changing American landscape. This exhibition, which remains on view through March 17, 2019, explores how these modern artists uniquely embraced the portable medium of watercolor, experimenting with new subjects, styles and techniques.
The Wadsworth Atheneum was at the forefront of collecting and exhibiting modern American watercolors, especially the work of Edward Hopper. The museum purchased the first of six watercolors by Hopper in 1928 and gave Hopper his first solo exhibition later that year. “Bringing renewed interest and aspirations for the medium, these artists elevated watercolor to new levels and contributed to the development of modern art in this country,” said Erin Monroe, Robert H. Schutz Jr., Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture.
The second exhibition which opens on Saturday, March 23, 2019 will highlight Modernist still lifes by artists such as Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
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