What Is Modern Painting
Pamphlet
By: Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Date: 1943
Source: Barr, Alfred H., Jr. What Is Modern Painting? New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1943. Revised 1974.
About the Author: Alfred H. Barr Jr. (1902–1981), an art historian, was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Princeton University, where he was influenced by Charles Rufus Morley and his course in medieval art. Barr received a graduate degree in art history and museum studies at Harvard University under Paul Sachs. In 1929, he became the first director of the Museum of Modern Art. During his years there, he was the curator for hundreds of exhibits and wrote definitive books on Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and the cubists. He retired in 1968.
Introduction
Twentieth-century artists in their most well-known manifestations—expressionism, cubism, dadaism, futurism, surrealism, and abstract...
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