American Modernism is an artistic and cultural movement in the United States starting at the turn of the 20th Century with its core period between World War I and World War II. Characteristically, Modernist art has a tendency to abstraction, is innovative, aesthetic, futuristic and self-referential.
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Romare BeardenIsland Plum Tree, circa 1977 -
Ed Garman"Variation on a Structure No. 9", circa 1960-70 -
Frederick KannUntitled, circa 1941 -
Emil J. BisttramUntitled (Abstraction), circa 1938 -
Lawren Stewart Harris"Study for Panel No.63, Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa 1937 -
Stuart WalkerMovement, circa 1936-39 -
Stuart WalkerRanchos de Taos Church, circa 1936-39 -
Cady WellsJacona Evening, circa 1936 -
Wilfred ZogbaumUntitled, circa 1936 -
Emil J. BisttramNew Mexico Mountains with Clouds, circa 1930 -
BJO Nordfeldt"Portrait of Two Men" (also titled "Two Men at Table", circa 1920s -
Alfred Henry MaurerStill Life, circa 1920 -
Willard NashUntitled (Two Seated Women), circa 1920 -
Samuel HalpertPortrait of Edith Halpert, circa 1918 -
Andrew Michael DasburgUntitled (Trees, Cubist Study), circa 1916 -
Andrew Michael DasburgUntitled (New Mexico Church, near Abiquiu), ca. 1922 -
Romare Bearden"New Moon II", 1981 -
Lee MullicanMedicine Yard, 1980 -
Romare BeardenMadeline Jones' Wonderful Garden, 1977 -
Alma Woodsey ThomasRed with a Touch of Orange, 1973 -
Alma Woodsey ThomasFlash of Autumn, 1968 -
Ed Clark"Blacklash", 1964 -
Beauford DelaneyEmbrun, 1963 -
Beauford DelaneyUntitled, 1961 -
Ruth (Aiko) AsawaChair with Six Bars, # 2, 1959 -
Howard B. SchleeterForest Pictograph, 1954 -
Ralston CrawfordS.S. del Sud, 1953-54 -
Howard B. SchleeterThe Explorers, 1952 -
Emil J. BisttramMoon Magic, 1950 -
Peter HurdRio Hondo, Dusk, 1946 -
Raymond JonsonWatercolor No. 20, 1946 -
Morris HIRSHFIELDPheasants, 1945 -
Raymond JonsonWatercolor No. 39, 1944 -
Ed Garman#276, 1942 -
Jacob LawrenceBar-b-Que, 1942 -
Howard B. SchleeterChurch, 1942 -
Ed GarmanNo. 290, 1942 -
Emil J. Bisttram'Creative Forces', 1939 -
Stuart WalkerComposition No. 59, 1939 -
Raymond JonsonCosmic Theme No. Five, 1939 -
Stuart Walker"Suspended Rhythms", 1938 -
Stuart WalkerComposition # 112, 1938 -
Robert GribbroekComposition # 57 / Pattern 29, 1938 -
Stuart WalkerComposition No. 9A, 1938 -
Cady WellsNew Mexico Landscape, 1938 -
Emil J. BisttramThe Family, 1937 -
Raymond JonsonUntitled, 1937 -
Emil J. BisttramUntitled Abstraction, 1937 -
Raymond JonsonSynthesis Three, 1935 -
Raymond JonsonNambe I, 1934 -
Raymond JonsonCity Perspectives (2nd Version), 1933 -
Paul StrandChurch, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, 1931 -
Emil J. BisttramUntitled (Calla Lilies), 1931 -
Raymond JonsonAbstraction in Blue, 1930 -
Raymond JonsonDressing Table (Abstract Still Life with Nude), 1930 -
Willard NashUntitled (Woman with Violin), 1930 -
Georgia O'KeeffeRanchos No. 3 (also titled, A Fragment of the Ranchos de Taos Church), 1929 -
Marsden HartleyCalla Lilies in a Vase, 1928 -
Oscar Florianus Bluemner"Silver Moon", 1927 -
Raymond JonsonStudy, Mannequin, 1926 -
Stuart DavisRevolver, 1925 -
Andrew Michael Dasburg“Still Life”, 1924 -
Georgia O'KeeffeOak Leaves, 1923 -
Willard NashSpringtime, Santa Fe, 1920s -
Willard NashStill Life with Geraniums, 1920s -
Raymond Jonson"The First Morning", 1920 -
Arthur G. DoveSails, 1911-1912