num_pages: 288
description: During the 1920s and '30s and until the end of World War II, a distinctly American form of Expressionism evolved. Most of the artists in this movement, children of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, African-Americans and other outsiders to American mainstream culture, grew up in the urban ghettoes of the East Coast or Chicago. Their art was sympathetic to the disposessed and reflected a deep concern with the lives of working people. Providing a look at this art - and the beginnings of a new movement, Abstract Expressionism, which followed it - cultural historian Bram Dijkstra offers insights into the roots of painting in modern America.
language: English
title: American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950
titlecomplete: American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950
genres: Art
ratings_count: 15
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Silver)
publisher: Harry N. Abrams