Benton, Pollock, and the politics of modernism : from regionalism to abstract expressionism

Author

Doss, Erika

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill.; bibliogr. ref; index ; xvi, 445 p. ; 1991

ISBN

0226159426

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Focusing on two American painters, Thomas Hart Benton, the Depression regionalist, and Jackson Pollock, the postwar abstractionist, this study examines how and why the shift from the predominant regionalist style of the 1930s to the ascendancy of the style of abstract expressionism in the 1940s occurred. Views these painters, their work, and their reception within the socio-political and cultural context that prevailed in the United States from the Depression to the Cold War. Proposes that Pollock attempted to sustain certain aspects of Benton's aesthetic and political strategies in his art, and argues that both Benton and Pollock were bound to an art of social contract.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
• Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
• Painting
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Abstract Expressionism
• Regionalism
• Modernism
• Politics
• Society

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
• Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Expressionnisme abstrait
• Régionalisme
• Modernisme
• Politique
• Société

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424406

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