It was mainly the product of the efforts of Arthur Davies, president of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. Eventually moved to the Chicago Art Institute and Boston's Copley Hall, it consisted of approximately 1600 works, and was in effect two expositions, one presenting a cross-section of contemporary American art, the other a controversial survey of modern European art which is o
It was mainly the product of the efforts of Arthur Davies, president of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. Eventually moved to the Chicago Art Institute and Boston's Copley Hall, it consisted of approximately 1600 works, and was in effect two expositions, one presenting a cross-section of contemporary American art, the other a controversial survey of modern European art which is often cited as the beginning of American interest in progressive art. FTP, what was this seminal 1913 art "show" named for the building in which it was housed?
It was mainly the product of the efforts of Arthur Davies, president of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors.
the Armory Show (or International Exposition of Modern Art)