Avant-garde Art in the Armory Show Shocks American Viewers
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New York City, New England, Chicago, Boston
- Date: February-May, 1913
Article abstract: The Armory Show--not the largest, but without doubt the most significant art exhibition ever held in the United States--jarred American artists and public alike out of decades of complacency.
Summary of Event
The International Exhibition of Modern Art--the Armory Show--formally opened on the evening of February 17, 1913, in New York City at the 69th Infantry Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue. Four thousand guests strolled among the eighteen specially constructed rooms within the armory, viewing the thirteen hundred or so works by both...
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