Beyond 1913

Beyond 1913

The cataclysmic events of the War galvanized the modernist and multifaceted aesthetic of 1913 in various ways. During the next two decades, the trends in formal experimentation and modes of engagement that were initiated by the avant-garde movements persisted and evolved. These three works evoke the legacies of 1913. Paul Klee’s watercolor, which juxtaposes strict geometric frames with softer, organic-looking forms, points to the ongoing exploration of abstraction. Chaïm Soutine’s painting of dead poultry is a visceral interpretation of expressionist idioms and leaves a lasting impression of violence. This impending violence appears in Pablo Picasso’s Minotauromachy, a highly symbolic etching that prefigures Guernica but also distills the politically agitated 1930s.

Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
The Virgin on the Column, 1607–11
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Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
Temptation of St. Anthony, first version, ca. 1616–17
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558–1617
Arnout van Beresteyn, 1579
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558–1617
Frederick de Vries with Goltzius’s Dog, 1597
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558–1617
Frederick de Vries with Goltzius’s Dog, 1597
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Crispin van de Passe I, the Elder, Dutch, 1564–1637
Christ washing the Disciples' Feet
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Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, French, 1699–1779
Attributes of the Architect, ca. 1725–27
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Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, French, 1699–1779
Attributes of the Architect, ca. 1725–27
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Liberale da Verona, Italian, 1445–1529
Saint Sebastian, ca. 1480 or later
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Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, 1607–1677
after Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452–1519
Heads, ca. 1645
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
The Man on the Rack, 1761
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
The Man on the Rack, 1761
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William Blake, British, 1757–1827
Frontispiece: Thenot and Colinet, 1821
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Thomas Cole, American, 1801–1848
Sketchbook, 1839–1844
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attributed to Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish, 1573–1647
Summer Landscape with Figures
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Ann Nooney, American, 20th century
Summer Morning
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John Constable, British, 1776–1837
Houses on a Riverbank, ca. 1794
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Edgar Degas, French, 1834–1917
Jockeys on Horses, 1887–89
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possibly Chancay
Fragment of blouse or skirt
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William Rush, American, 1756–1833
George Washington, ca. 1817
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Thomas Hart Benton, American, 1889–1975
Huckleberry Finn, from the Missouri State Capitol Series, 1936
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Canaletto, Italian, 1697–1768
House, ca. 1741
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Honoré Daumier, French, 1808–1879
Printed by Becquet, French lithographers, active 1832–1861
Published by Aubert, French, active 1829–1847
Le ventre législatif (The Legislative Belly), published in l’association mensuelle, January, 1834, 1834
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Chinese, Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
Yuan Jiang 袁江 , school of, 1670?– 1755?
Summer Retreat in the Li Mountains, undated, early 18th century
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Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798–1863
Turc montant a cheval (Turk mounting a horse), 1828
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Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798–1863
Turc montant a cheval (Turk mounting a horse), 1828
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Edward Hopper, American, 1882–1967
Universalist Church, 1926
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French, 1864–1901
Mlle. Marcelle Lender, Debout (Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender Standing)
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