Summary of Hugh Eakin's Picassos War

By Slingshot Books

Release : 2024-01-26

Genre : Biographies & Memoirs, Books

Kind : ebook

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Get the Summary of Hugh Eakin's Picassos War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "Picassos War," Hugh Eakin chronicles the struggle to introduce and establish modern art in the United States, focusing on key figures like John Quinn, Alfred Stieglitz, and Alfred Barr. The narrative begins with the early 20th-century resistance to avant-garde art in America, as seen in the commercial failure of Picasso's first U.S. exhibition. Despite the cultural conservatism and censorship prevalent in New York, patrons like Quinn championed modern art, paralleling scientific breakthroughs of the era...

Summary of Hugh Eakin's Picassos War

By Slingshot Books

Release : 2024-01-26

Genre : Biographies & Memoirs, Books

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
Get the Summary of Hugh Eakin's Picassos War in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "Picassos War," Hugh Eakin chronicles the struggle to introduce and establish modern art in the United States, focusing on key figures like John Quinn, Alfred Stieglitz, and Alfred Barr. The narrative begins with the early 20th-century resistance to avant-garde art in America, as seen in the commercial failure of Picasso's first U.S. exhibition. Despite the cultural conservatism and censorship prevalent in New York, patrons like Quinn championed modern art, paralleling scientific breakthroughs of the era...

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