Regionalism (art)
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| - | {{GFDL}} | + | In [[art]], '''regionalism''' is a [[realism (arts)|realist]] [[Modern art|modern]] American art movement wherein artists shunned the city and rapidly developing technological advances to focus on scenes of rural life. Regionalist style was at its height from 1930 to 1935, and is best-known through the so-called "Regionalist Triumvirate" of [[Grant Wood]] in [[Iowa]], [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]] in [[Missouri]], and [[John Steuart Curry]] in [[Kansas]]. During the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s, Regionalist art was widely appreciated for its reassuring images of the American heartland. |
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| + | In Grant Wood's pamphlet "Revolt Against the City", published in Iowa City, 1935, he asserts that American artists and buyers of art were no longer looking to [[Paris|Parisian]] culture for subject matter and style. Wood wrote that Regional artists interpret physiography, industry, and psychology of their hometown, and that the competition of these preceding elements creates American culture. He wrote that the lure of the city was gone, and hopes that art of the widely diffused "whole people" would prevail. He cites Thomas Jefferson's characterization of cities as "ulcers on the body politic." | ||
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| + | Regionalism had a strong influence on popular culture. Regionalist-type imagery appeared in magazine advertisements, and influenced American children's book illustrators such as [[Holling Clancy Holling]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[American scene painting]] | ||
| + | *[[Artistic nationalism]] | ||
| + | * [[Laura Marie Greenwood]]{{GFDL}} | ||
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In art, regionalism is a realist modern American art movement wherein artists shunned the city and rapidly developing technological advances to focus on scenes of rural life. Regionalist style was at its height from 1930 to 1935, and is best-known through the so-called "Regionalist Triumvirate" of Grant Wood in Iowa, Thomas Hart Benton in Missouri, and John Steuart Curry in Kansas. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Regionalist art was widely appreciated for its reassuring images of the American heartland.
In Grant Wood's pamphlet "Revolt Against the City", published in Iowa City, 1935, he asserts that American artists and buyers of art were no longer looking to Parisian culture for subject matter and style. Wood wrote that Regional artists interpret physiography, industry, and psychology of their hometown, and that the competition of these preceding elements creates American culture. He wrote that the lure of the city was gone, and hopes that art of the widely diffused "whole people" would prevail. He cites Thomas Jefferson's characterization of cities as "ulcers on the body politic."
Regionalism had a strong influence on popular culture. Regionalist-type imagery appeared in magazine advertisements, and influenced American children's book illustrators such as Holling Clancy Holling.
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