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Forum Exhibition Forum Exhibition
Forum Exhibition (in full, Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters). An exhibition arranged in New York in 1916 by the critic Willard Huntington Wright with the support of the magazine The Forum, to which he was a regular contributor. The purpose of the exhibition was to pinpoint the best... Read more
Documenta Documenta
Documenta. A large international exhibition of contemporary art held every four or five years since 1955 at Kassel, Germany. The first Documenta exhibition, the brainchild of Arnold Bode (1900–77), a teacher at the Kassel Academy, signified Germany's reacceptance of avant-garde art, which had... Read more
John Quinn John Quinn
Quinn, John (1870–1924). American lawyer, collector, and patron. Quinn was of Irish ancestry and came to collecting through purchasing manuscripts of Irish literary works. He did not start collecting paintings and sculpture until after the turn of the century, but he then rapidly became a... Read more
Lillie P. Bliss Lillie P. Bliss
Bliss, Lillie P. (1864–1931). American collector and patron, born into a wealthy Boston family. She was a friend of Arthur B. Davies, who stimulated her interest in modern art. At the Armory Show (1913), which was masterminded by Davies, she bought pictures by Degas, Redon, and Renoir, and... Read more
Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins 1904-69, American jazz musician, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He began playing saxophone at the age of 9. He was part of Fletcher Henderson 's band from 1924 until 1934. Hawkins established the tenor saxophone as a major jazz instrument. His enormous tone, vigorous attack, and improvisatory... Read more
American Scene Painting American Scene Painting
American Scene Painting. A very broad term applied to the work of various painters who in the 1920s and 1930s depicted aspects of American life and landscape in a naturalistic, descriptive style. The term probably derives from a book entitled The American Scene (1907), a collection of essays and... Read more
Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire , 1880-1918, French poet. He was christened Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky. Apollinaire was a leader in the restless period of technical innovation and experimentation in the arts during the early 20th cent. Influenced by the symbolist poets of the previous generation, he... Read more
Alexandra Exter Alexandra Exter
Exter, Alexandra (née Grigorovich) (1882–1949). Russian painter and theatrical designer. She was born at Belestok, in the Kiev region of the Ukraine, and studied at the Kiev School of Art, graduating in 1906. In 1908 she visited Paris for the first time and from then until the outbreak... Read more
Sidney Janis Sidney Janis
Janis, Sidney (1896–1989). American art dealer and writer on art. Between the departure of Peggy Guggenheim from the USA in 1947 and the rise of Leo Castelli in the 1960s he was the most important figure in promoting the work of avant-garde American artists. He opened a gallery on 57th... Read more
Ellen Stewart Ellen Stewart
Ellen Stewart The founder and artistic director of New York City's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Ellen Stewart (born 1920) is credited with creating the oldest remaining, and most influential, Off-Off Broadway theater. In addition, she is considered a pioneer in the development of... Read more

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