On view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, is a unique exhibition of abstract works taken from the museum's 20th century collection, intended to show the trends present between the years of 1919 and 1939, during which time a variety
of abstract artists flourished, pioneering new techniques and creative philosophies across the mediums of painting, sculpture and drawing.
Not exact matches
In fine art, the term «St Ives School» refers to a loose - knit group
of artists (mainly exponents
of abstract art) who
flourished in the Cornish seaside town
of St Ives, in England, from 1939 to the mid-1960s.
Still, while the two exhibitions remain on view (the Curry, at the de Young, through Aug. 30 and the Spencer, at the Legion
of Honor, through Sept. 6), they allow us to look at two
artists from different cultures who adhered to traditional modes
of painting while avant - garde movements, from post-impressionism to
abstract expressionism,
flourished around them.