new york in the 1940s
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New York proves to be the perfect incubator of the art movements born before, during, and after WWII.TRANSCRIPT
New YorkIn theForties
George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers, 1913
Robert Henri, Dutch Joe, 1910
John Sloan, 6th Ave. Elevated at 3rd St, 1928
Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942
Jacob Lawrence, Pool Parlor, 1942
Stuart Davis, Lucky Strike, 1924
Stuart Davis, Mellow Pad, 1945-51
Joseph Cornell, Great Horned Owl, 1942
Arshile Gorky, Self-Portrait with Mother, 1926-36
Arshile Gorky, The Liver is the Cock's Comb, 1944
Hans Hoffman, Fantasia, 1943
Willam de Kooning, Seated Woman, 1940
Willam de Kooning, Pink Angels, 1945
Franz Kline, Chief, 1950
David Smith, Construction with Fulcrum, 1936
Isamu Nogushi, Kouros, 1944
Jackson Pollock, Stenographic Figure, 1942
Jackson Pollock, Mural, 1943
Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance, 1947
The Irascibles, Photo by Nina Leen, 1950