It covers the breadth of nearly every major art movement that occurred between 1900 and 1950 in Europe and America. During this period, traditional notions and expectations about making art were turned upside down as artists explored radical new approaches to colour, form and content. Boundaries were pushed through revolutionary new ways of thinking, expressed through movements such as Fauvism, Cubism, German Expressionism, Dada and Surrealism.
The Studio, 1934
Oil on canvas Stretcher: (128 x 159.4 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hope
Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
The exhibition serves as a foundation for Western modern art of the early twentieth century. Gallery themes include Wars and Revolution, Abstraction, Cubism, Dada and Surrealism, Expressionism and Urban Life, with an emphasis on the creative process and artistic experimentation, especially as the century progresses. Among the artists on display are Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gabriele Muenter, Egon Schiele, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Kay Sage, Paul Klee, Diego Rivera and Jackson Pollock.
The exhibition is the first in a series of collaborations and collection exchanges between the Speed Art Museum and the Eskenazi museum at Indiana University.
16 June 2018 – 13 January 2019 – Spead Art Museum - North Building, Third Floor
