Commercialism,

Regionalism & an American Identity

Commercialism, Regionalism

& an American Identity

Shown at

The Mall of America

in Bloomington, Minnesota

•Mall of America is big enough to hold 32 Boeing

747s.

•If a shopper spent 10 minutes browsing at every

store it would take them more than 86 hours to

complete their visit to Mall of America.

Regionalism

•Most popular art of the 30’s

•Maynard Walker brought together Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton for an art show

•Featured in TIME Magazine

•First American art “hipe”

“America today is developing a school of

painting which promises to be the most important in the world of art since

the days of the Renaissance.”

-Roswell

Typical American Landscape

Landscape, Thomas Hart Benton

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Grant Wood

Farm, Thomas Hart Benton

Grant Wood

Thomas Hart Benton

John Steuart Curry

Doris Lee

Alexander Hogue

Charles Burchfield

Grant Wood 1892-1942 Iowa

American Gothic, 1930

Self Portrait, 1932

Daughters of the Revolution, 1932

Adolescence, 1933

Small Town America

John Steuart Curry 1897-1946

Kansas

Baptism in Kansas, 1928

Baby Ruth, 1932

Sanctuary, 1936

Tornado Over Kansas, 1929

Self Portrait

Thomas HartBenton

1889-1975 Missouri

Self Portrait

Saloon

Bass Player

Persephone, 1939

Lonesome Road, 1927

Threshing, 1941

Airplane

Boomtown, 1928

Missouri State Capital

Doris Lee 1897-1946 Woodstock

Doris Lee

Blacksmith Shop

Cherries in the Sun, 1899-1960

Blossom Time, 1950

Helicopter

Thanksgiving, 1935

Penn Farm

Spillway

Whitman Publishing “Apple Pickers”,

1923

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 1945

Alexander Hogue

1898-

Missouri

Dust Bowl, 1933

Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936

Charles Burchfield

1897-1946 Ohio

Autumnal Fantasy, 1975

Rainy Night, 1930

November Evening, 1934

End of Day, 1938

Americans saw themselves in the art

work

Group 2

Emily Einhorn

Maureen Morris

Jennifer Hill

Elizabeth Lefler

Thomas Betts