¶ … Armory Show of 1913 was the introduction of much of the American public to post-impressionist (modern) art. Most art lovers were either still clinging to the old European masters or they had embraced the realism and impressionist trends. However, the new school offered a new version of art that appealed to many in Europe. Therefore, the Association of American Painters and Sculptors brought together an exhibit of European and American post-impressionists that numbered more than 1,600 works. The media view of the exhibit was one of pre-exhibit fawning, followed by a general disdain of many of the works. The critics considered the art infantile and immature and advised art lovers to stay away. However, this insistence by the majority of the press that the show was a disaster only fueled a curiosity among the public that made the show the most successful in the history of such exhibits prior to 1913. More than 70,000 people saw the show in New York, and the crowds continued to see the show until it had amassed some 500,000 visitors. The spirit of the art and the boldness of the artists captured the hearts of American art lovers, and started a revolution that critics of the show could not have imagined.
American Media Backlash/Criticism of the 1913 Armory Show
The media has always helped shape the views of the American people, and during the International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York (popularly called the 1913 Armory show for its location) the press was at its influential worst. Many people attended the show because it was billed as a new form of art that deviated from the modern realism which was popular at the time (Osborne). Although realism was also a recent style which was not accepted by the public initially, by 1913 it had become a standard. However, new European and American artists were becoming interested in exploring a simplicity of form and had devised the modernist school (Pollock). The exhibition at the 69th Regiment Armory was meant as an introduction to both the public and the American media. While the show did receive a smattering of good reviews from both, the show was widely...
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