At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism
whitney museum of american art
Space Motive, a New Jersey Valley
Bravado, from Emperor Jones
Mountain
Painting, Number 5
Textile Design for Cretonne
Bowl with Two Flowers
"Space Motive, a New Jersey Valley", Oscar Bluemner 1913–14
At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism
Overview
At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism showcases art produced between 1900 and 1930 by well-known American modernists and their now largely forgotten, but equally groundbreaking peers. Drawn primarily from the Whitney’s permanent collection, it provides new perspectives on the myriad ways American artists used nonrepresentational styles developed in Europe to express their subjective responses to the realities of the modern age.