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Stuart Davis: Thirty Years of Evolution (Art Digest, 1945)
A review of the Stuart Davis (1892 – 1964) retrospective that opened at New York's Museum of Modern Art in the fall of 1945. The artist referred to his influences:"In my own case I have enjoyed the dynamic American scene for many years, and all my pictures (including the ones I painted in Paris) are referential to it. They all have their originating impulse in the impact of [the]contemporary American environment. Some of the things that have made me want to paint , outside the other paintings, are: American wood and iron work of the past, the brilliant colors of gasoline stations, chain-store fronts, and taxicabs. ..In one way or another the quality of these things plays a role in determining the character of my painting..."
| New York Exhibit for Le Corbusier (Art Digest, 1946)
A brief art review from 1946 announcing an exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs, architectural plans and models by the modern architect Le Corbusier (né Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, 1887 – 1965) at the Mezzanine Gallery in Rockefeller Center.
"Along with Ozenfant, Le Corbusier invented Purism. The earliest painting in the collection, and the only one of that period (1920), which is familiar to art audiences as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art."
| The First N.Y. Exhibit of Paris Art Made During the Occupation (Art Digest, 1946)
"Recent paintings from Paris have been brought to New York by Pierre Matisse (1900 – 1989) and are now on view at his 57th Street Gallery [at the Fuller Building]. Represented are the Pierre Bonnard, Jean Dubuffet, Andre Marchand, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault."
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