American Modernism Archive
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![Among our exciting fall books is one about German-born American designer Kem Weber, whose fascinating life story rivals his outstanding design work in interest. The book’s author, Christopher Long, will […]](https://i0.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2014/11/weber.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Christopher Long on Kem Weber, Modern American Designer and Architect")
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Christopher Long on Kem Weber, Modern American Designer and Architect
Posted on November 6, 2014Among our exciting fall books is one about German-born American designer Kem Weber, whose fascinating life story rivals his outstanding design work in interest. The book’s author, Christopher Long, will […] -
![Follow @yaleARTbooks Follow @Caroline_Hayes_ Art historians are just beginning to uncover the influence of Mexico on American modernism. In looking beyond Europe’s effect on American modernism in the 20th century, […]](https://i1.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/06/Mexico-and-American-Modernism.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Ellen Landau on Mexico and American Modernism")
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Ellen Landau on Mexico and American Modernism
Posted on June 28, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks Follow @Caroline_Hayes_ Art historians are just beginning to uncover the influence of Mexico on American modernism. In looking beyond Europe’s effect on American modernism in the 20th century, […] -
![For the May 13 centennial of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.’s birth, Marjorie B. Cohn, author of Classic Modern, the first biography of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. to focus on his art collecting—arguably his greatest passion—and his […]](https://i2.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/05/Classic-Modern.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.")
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Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.
Posted on May 13, 2013For the May 13 centennial of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.’s birth, Marjorie B. Cohn, author of Classic Modern, the first biography of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. to focus on his art collecting—arguably his greatest passion—and his […] -
![Follow @yaleARTbooks Following the post on the exhibition catalog, a Q&A with Jennifer Gross, Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Yale University Art Gallery and […]](https://i2.wp.com/artbooks.yupnet.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/02/Societe-Anonyme.jpg?resize=184%2C128 "Curator Jennifer Gross on the Société Anonyme")
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Curator Jennifer Gross on the Société Anonyme
Posted on February 28, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks Following the post on the exhibition catalog, a Q&A with Jennifer Gross, Seymour H. Knox, Jr., Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Yale University Art Gallery and […] -
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Société Anonyme
Posted on February 15, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks In 1920, three luminaries of the American art world—Katherine Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, founded Société Anonyme. Frustrated by America’s indifference and frequent hostility to its artists, […] -
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En Vanguard
Posted on February 9, 2012Born in 1886, John Graham was a progressive promoter of surrealism, cubism, and abstraction, as well as a mentor and confidant to the likes of Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, and […] -
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Center of Influence: Alfred Stieglitz
Posted on November 30, 2011It’s hard to imagine what American art today would look like without Alfred Steiglitz. A photographer in his own right, Steiglitz was also the gallery owner who first exhibited Rodin […] -
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Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe: Free Excerpt of Letters to Stieglitz
Posted on November 15, 2011Born November 15, 1887, Georgia O’Keeffe lived 98 years to become one of the most well known and celebrated American artists of the twentieth century. But to her husband Alfred […] -
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Midnight in Paris
Posted on July 12, 2011If you’ve seen Woody Allen’s recent movie, Midnight in Paris, then you know the protagonist gets to live a fantasy: experiencing Paris in the 1920s. See a roundup selection of Yale ARTbooks on artists, writers, and collectors of the avant-garde Parisian Jazz Age.