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Exhibition

Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950

April 18–September 3, 2018

Bright lights, big country

From jazz and the jitterbug to assembly lines and skylines: the early twentieth century was a time of great social, artistic, and technological change. Artists responded with a revolutionary language of shapes and colors. See how Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Jacob Lawrence, and others challenged convention and forged bold new styles to fit the times. Browse works in this exhibition or explore selected examples by theme.

Library Reading Room, second floor, Perelman Building

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Sponsors

This exhibition has been made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, The Annenberg Foundation Fund for Major Exhibitions, The Kathleen C. and John J. F. Sherrerd Fund for Exhibitions, Lyn M. Ross, Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest, The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Exhibition Fund, The Laura and William C. Buck Endowment for Exhibitions, Leslie Miller and Richard Worley, and two anonymous donors.

Exhibition-related education programming was generously supported by the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Curators

Jessica Todd Smith, The Susan Gray Detweiler Curator of American Art, and Manager, Center for American Art

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