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Regionalism: American (Early 20th Century)


Regionalism: American
Movement that dominated painting in the USA throughout the 1930s. Originally applied to the novels of everyday life in the South by such writers as John Crowe Ransom and Robert Penn Warren, the term was later used to describe an artistic trend exemplified by realistic depictions of identifiably American subjects, which celebrated the positive aspects of life in the USA. Other artists, such as Ben Shahn and the Soyer brothers, also produced realistic pictures of ... (view more)

Examples of Regionalism: American at Auction


Artists Associated with Regionalism: American — 11 artists:

Thomas Hart Benton
Charles Ephraim Burchfield
John Rogers Cox
John Steuart Curry
Alexandre Hogue
Roger Norman Medearis

Dale William Nichols
Paul Starrett Sample
Clyde J Singer
Grant Wood
Hale Aspacio Woodruff

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