[Marcel Duchamp’s] most striking, iconoclastic gesture, the readymade, is arguably the century’s most influential development on artists’ creative process.
One of his most important works, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) (1912; Philadelphia
Ignoring or registering only gently harsh new realities such as the problems of immigration and urban poverty, they shone a positive light on their era.
the Académie Julian in Paris, Henri taught at the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia
By his death in 1946, he had mounted solo shows in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco
choose an item Title: Digable Underground Artist: Roberto Lugo (American, born Philadelphia
1897–1979, and 1891–1976
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1996.
York (1978–d. 1979); his widow, Ouida Lewis, New York (1979–91; sold to MMA) Philadelphia
tab key to choose an item Title: Edison Mazda Artist: Stuart Davis (American, Philadelphia
Founded in 1960, this historic group engages devotees of a broadly defined American art with its curator-led program of talks, tours, and opening receptions.
and collections, with American Wing curators (the Whitney Museum of American Art; Philadelphia
Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
20th century Fan Marta Palomba 1700–1723 Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia
Between 1850 and 1950, when art collecting in France stalled due to the devastating effects of two world wars, revolution, and economic uncertainty, it accelerated internationally, gaining interest from foreign collectors. In this discussion, curators, scholars, and experts in provenance research consider the historical market for modern art as the root of the globalized art world of today.
Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting and Sculpture and Curator, Philadelphia
