The Rise and Fall of Modernist Architecture
Modernism first emerged in the early twentieth century, and by the 1920s, the prominent figures of the movement – Le Corbusier, Walter... Learn More
Modernism: Design in a Nutshell
A video from The Open University describes modernism and modernist architecture in a nutshell. Modernism was a far-reaching ideology applied across virtually... Learn More
A Trans-Atlantic View of Modernism
…“Re-imagining Modernism: 1900-1950” is an ambitious re-installation of art from the [Metropolitan Museum of Art’s] permanent collection. It is also the first... Learn More
Janet Lippincott
In a 1980 article in Southwest Art, Janet Lippincott addressed who she was as an artist: “Abstract painting is an intellectual process.... Learn More
Beatrice Mandelman
Born on December 31, 1912 in Newark, New Jersey, from an early age Beatrice Mandelman was determined to be an artist. At... Learn More
Georgia O’Keeffe
From 1905 to 1906, Georgia O’Keeffe attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1907, she took classes at the... Learn More
Louis Ribak
Louis Leon Ribak was born in the Lithuanian province of Grodno Gubernia in 1902. When he was ten, he immigrated with his... Learn More