Commercialism, Regionalism

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Commercialism, Regionalism
an American Identity
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Commercialism, Regionalism
an American Identity
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• Shown at
• The Mall of America
• in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Mall of America is big enough to hold 32 Boeing
  747s.
• If a shopper spent 10 minutes browsing at every
  store it would take them more than 86 hours to
  complete their visit to Mall of America.

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• Regionalism
• Most popular art of the 30s
• Maynard Walker brought together Grant
  Wood, John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton
  for an art show
• Featured in TIME Magazine
• First American art hipe

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America today is developing a school of painting
which promises to be the most important in the
world of art since the days of the
Renaissance. -Roswell
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Typical American Landscape
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Landscape, Thomas Hart Benton
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Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Grant Wood
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Farm, Thomas Hart Benton
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Charles Burchfield
Doris Lee
Grant Wood
John Steuart Curry
Alexander Hogue
Thomas Hart Benton
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Grant Wood


1892-1942
Iowa
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American Gothic, 1930
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Self Portrait, 1932
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Daughters of the Revolution,
1932
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Adolescence, 1933
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Small Town America
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John Steuart Curry 1897-1946
Kansas
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Baptism in Kansas, 1928
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Baby Ruth, 1932
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Sanctuary, 1936
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Tornado Over Kansas, 1929
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Self Portrait
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Thomas Hart Benton 1889-1975
Missouri
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Self Portrait
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Saloon
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Bass Player
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Persephone, 1939
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Lonesome Road, 1927
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Threshing, 1941
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Airplane
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Boomtown, 1928
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Missouri State Capital
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Doris Lee
1897-1946
Woodstock
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Doris Lee
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Blacksmith Shop
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Cherries in the Sun, 1899-1960
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Blossom Time, 1950
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Helicopter
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Thanksgiving, 1935
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Penn Farm
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Spillway
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Whitman Publishing Apple Pickers, 1923
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Graumans Chinese Theatre, 1945
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Alexander Hogue 1898- Missouri
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Dust Bowl, 1933
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Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936
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Charles Burchfield 1897-1946

Ohio
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Autumnal Fantasy, 1975
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Rainy Night, 1930
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November Evening, 1934
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End of Day, 1938
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Americans saw themselves in the art work
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Group 2 Emily Einhorn Maureen Morris Jennifer
Hill Elizabeth Lefler Thomas Betts