A century of flight: abstract art.(various artists; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY) The Economist (US) | April 27, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ABSTRACT art is a hardy plant. For almost a century it has survived the contempt and adulation of the art-going public, the wars of the critics and the night pangs of its best practitioners, wondering if they ought not to have chosen a less arduous calling. Roger Fry, one of the most thoughtful early champions of modern art, doubted whether abstraction could ever be really popular. In a lecture to the Fabian Society in 1917, he said: "In proportion as art becomes purer, the number of people to whom it appeals gets less."

Fry, in a sense, was right. Despite its influence ...

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