Commercialism,
Regionalism
& an
American Identity
Commercialism,
Regionalism
& an American
Identity
Shown at
The Mall of
America
in Bloomington, Minnesota
•Mall of America is big enough to
hold 32 Boeing 747s.
•If a shopper spent 10 minutes
browsing at every store it would
take them more than 86 hours to
complete their visit to Mall of
America.
Regionalism
•Most popular art of the 30’s
•Maynard Walker brought together
Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry and
Thomas Hart Benton for an art show
•Featured in TIME Magazine
•First American art “hipe”
“America today is developing a
school of painting which
promises to be the most
important in the world of art
since the days of the
Renaissance.”
-Roswell
Typical American Landscape
Landscape, Thomas Hart
Benton
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,
Grant Wood
Farm, Thomas Hart
Benton
Charles Burchfield
Doris Lee
Grant Wood
John Steuart Curry
Alexander Hogue
Thomas Hart Benton
Grant Wood
1892-1942
Iowa
American Gothic, 1930
Self Portrait, 1932
Daughters of the Revolution, 1932
Adolescence,
1933
Small Town America
John Steuart
Curry
1897-1946
Kansas
Baptism in Kansas, 1928
Baby Ruth, 1932
Sanctuary, 1936
Tornado Over Kansas, 1929
Self Portrait
Thomas Hart
Benton
1889-1975
Missouri
Self Portrait
Saloon
Bass Player
Persephone, 1939
Lonesome Road, 1927
Threshing, 1941
Airplane
Boomtown, 1928
Missouri State Capital
Doris Lee
1897-1946
Woodstock
Doris Lee
Blacksmith Shop
Cherries in the Sun,
1899-1960
Blossom Time, 1950
Helicopter
Thanksgiving, 1935
Penn Farm
Spillway
Whitman Publishing
“Apple Pickers”, 1923
Grauman’s Chinese
Theatre, 1945
Alexander
Hogue
1898Missouri
Dust Bowl, 1933
Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936
Charles
Burchfield
1897-1946
Ohio
Autumnal Fantasy, 1975
Rainy Night, 1930
November Evening, 1934
End of Day, 1938
Americans saw themselves in
the art work
Group 2
Emily Einhorn
Maureen Morris
Jennifer Hill
Elizabeth Lefler
Thomas Betts