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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