Peggy Guggenheim’s Gallery Promotes New American Art
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing, Patrons, Mentors
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: October 20, 1942
Article abstract: By promoting the works of avant-garde American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Robert Motherwell, Peggy Guggenheim helped to launch a new school of American art known as abstract expressionism.
Summary of Event
The 1942 opening of Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century Gallery, which showcased part of her remarkable collection of modern art as well as examples of Surrealism seen for the first time in the United States, caused a major stir in New York’s embryonic art world. Her “Spring Salon” of 1943 featured...
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