This document discusses art in France and other parts of Europe after World War I. It features reproductions and descriptions of artworks from this era by many notable artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, Walter Gropius and others associated with movements like Cubism, Purism, De Stijl, and the Bauhaus. The artworks represented various styles and themes that emerged from the aftermath of the war, including a movement toward more geometric abstraction.
3. Chaim Soutine
Woman in Red
c. 1924–25
Oil on canvas
36 × 25”
Private collection
[Fig. 11-02]
4. Maurice Utrillo
La rue du Mont-Cenis
1915
Oil on canvas
19-3⁄4 × 24”
Musée National d’Art
Moderne
Pompidou, Paris
[Fig. 11-05]
5. Henri Matisse
Piano Lesson, late
summer
1916
Oil on canvas
8’ 1⁄2” × 6’ 11-3⁄4”
The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
[Fig. 11-06]
6. Henri Matisse
Decorative Figure Against an
Ornamental Background
1925–26
Oil on canvas
51-1⁄8 × 38-1⁄2”
Musée National d’Art Moderne
Pompidou, Paris
[Fig. 11-09]
8. Pablo Picasso
Olga Seated in an Armchair
1917
Oil on canvas
51-1⁄6 × 35”
Musée Picasso, Paris
[Fig. 11-15]
9. Pablo Picasso
The American Manager
1917
Reconstruction
Realized by Kermit Love for The Museum of
Modern Art
1979.
Paint on cardboard, fabric, paper, wood,
leather, and metal
11’ 2-1⁄4” × 8’ × 3’ 8-1⁄2”
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
[Fig. 11-16]
23. László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled, c. 1940.
Photogram, silver bromide print, 20 × 16” (50 × 40 cm).
The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of George and Ruth Barford. [Fig. 13-06]
24. Josef Albers, City, 1928.
Sand-blasted colored glass, 11 × 21-5⁄8” (27.9 × 54.9 cm).
Kunsthaus, Zurich. [Fig. 13-08]
25. Paul Klee, In der Strömung sechs Schwellen (In the Current Six Weirs), 1929.
Oil and tempera on canvas; original frame, 16-3⁄5 × 16-3⁄5” (42.2 × 42.2 cm).
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-10]
26. Paul Klee, Tod und Feuer (Death and Fire), 1940.
Oil and colored paste on burlap; original frame, 18-2⁄5 × 17-1⁄2” (46.7 × 44.6 cm).
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. [Fig. 13-12]
27. Vasily Kandinsky, Several Circles, No. 323, 1926.
Oil on canvas, 55-1⁄8 × 55-1⁄8” (140 × 140 cm).
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-14]
28. Oskar Schlemmer, Abstract Figure, 1923.
Bronze (cast 1962 from original plaster), 42-1⁄8 × 26-3⁄8” (107 × 67 cm).
Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. [Fig. 13-16]
29. Marcel Breuer, Armchair, Model B3, Dessau, Germany.
Late 1927 or early 1928. Chrome-plated tubular steel with canvas slings,
28-1⁄8 × 30-1⁄4 × 27-3⁄4” (71.4 × 76.8 × 70.5 cm).
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 13-18]
30. Paul Citroën, Metropolis, 1923.
Collage, printed matter, and postcards, 30 × 23” (76.5 × 58.5 cm).
Printroom of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. [Fig. 13-20]
31. Naum Gabo, Construction for the Bijenkorf department store, 1956–57.
Pre-stressed concrete, steel ribs, stainless steel, bronze wire, and marble, height 85’ (25.9 m).
Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [Fig. 13-22]
32. Willi Baumeister, Wall Picture with Circle II, 1923.
Oil and wood on wood panel, 46-1⁄2 × 27-1⁄8” (118 × 69 cm).
Kunsthalle, Hamburg. [Fig. 13-24]
33. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Elevation for brick country house, 1923. [Fig. 13-26]
34. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, International Exposition, Barcelona, Spain. Floor plan, 1929 [Fig. 13-28]
35. Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Apparition, 1959.
Oil on board, 47-1⁄2 × 47-1⁄2” (120.7 × 120.7 cm).
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-30]
Editor's Notes
Amedeo Modigliani, Nude, 1917.Oil on canvas, 28-3⁄4 × 45-3⁄4” (73 × 116.2 cm).Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 11-01]
Chaim Soutine, Woman in Red, c. 1924–25.Oil on canvas, 36 × 25” (91.4 × 63.5 cm).Private collection. [Fig. 11-02]
Maurice Utrillo, La rue du Mont-Cenis, 1915.Oil on canvas, 19-3⁄4 × 24” (50 × 61 cm).Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris. [Fig. 11-05]
Henri Matisse, Piano Lesson, late summer 1916.Oil on canvas, 8’ 1⁄2” × 6’ 11-3⁄4” (2.45 × 2.13 m).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 11-06]
Henri Matisse, Decorative Figure Against an Ornamental Background, 1925–26.Oil on canvas, 51-1⁄8 × 38-1⁄2” (129.9 × 97.8 cm).Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris. [Fig. 11-09]
Henri Matisse, Merion Dance Mural, 1932–33.Oil on canvas: left 11’ 1-3⁄4” × 14’ 5-3⁄4” (3.4 × 4.4 m), center 11’ 8-1⁄8” × 16’ 6-1⁄8” (3.6 × 5 m), right 11’ 1-3⁄4” × 14’ 5-3⁄4” (3.4 × 4.4 m).The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania. [Fig. 11-12]
Pablo Picasso, Olga Seated in an Armchair, 1917.Oil on canvas, 51-1⁄6 × 35” (130 × 88.8 cm).Musée Picasso, Paris. [Fig. 11-15]
Pablo Picasso, The American Manager, 1917. Reconstruction. Realized by Kermit Love for The Museum of Modern Art, 1979.Paint on cardboard, fabric, paper, wood, leather, and metal, 11’ 2-1⁄4” × 8’ × 3’ 8-1⁄2” (3.4 × 2.4 × 1.1 m).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 11-16]
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937.Oil on canvas, 11’ 6” × 25’ 8” (3.5 × 7.8 m).Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. [Fig. 11-21]
Fernand Léger, Three Women (Le Grand Déjeuner), 1921.Oil on canvas, 6’ 1⁄4” × 8’ 3” (1.8 × 2.5 m).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 11-25]
Theo van Doesburg, Composition IX (Card Players), 1917.Oil on canvas, 45-5⁄8 × 41-3⁄4” (115.9 × 106 cm).Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands. [Fig. 12-06]
J. J. P. Oud, Café de Unie, 1925. Destroyed 1940.Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [Fig. 12-11]
View of exterior of Schröder House, 1924. [Fig. 12-13]
Gerrit Rietveld, Red and Blue Chair, 1917 (painted 1923).Painted wood, height 34-1⁄2” (87.6 cm).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 12-15]
Walter Gropius and Adolph Meyer, Model Factory at the Werkbund Exhibition, 1914. Cologne. [Fig. 13-02]
Walter Gropius, Workshop wing, Bauhaus, 1925–26.Dessau, Germany. [Fig. 13-04]
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled, c. 1940.Photogram, silver bromide print, 20 × 16” (50 × 40 cm).The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of George and Ruth Barford. [Fig. 13-06]
Josef Albers, City, 1928.Sand-blasted colored glass, 11 × 21-5⁄8” (27.9 × 54.9 cm).Kunsthaus, Zurich. [Fig. 13-08]
Paul Klee, In der Strömung sechs Schwellen (In the Current Six Weirs), 1929.Oil and tempera on canvas; original frame, 16-3⁄5 × 16-3⁄5” (42.2 × 42.2 cm).Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-10]
Paul Klee, Tod und Feuer (Death and Fire), 1940.Oil and colored paste on burlap; original frame, 18-2⁄5 × 17-1⁄2” (46.7 × 44.6 cm).Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. [Fig. 13-12]
Vasily Kandinsky, Several Circles, No. 323, 1926.Oil on canvas, 55-1⁄8 × 55-1⁄8” (140 × 140 cm).Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-14]
Oskar Schlemmer, Abstract Figure, 1923.Bronze (cast 1962 from original plaster), 42-1⁄8 × 26-3⁄8” (107 × 67 cm).Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. [Fig. 13-16]
Marcel Breuer, Armchair, Model B3, Dessau, Germany. Late 1927 or early 1928. Chrome-plated tubular steel with canvas slings,28-1⁄8 × 30-1⁄4 × 27-3⁄4” (71.4 × 76.8 × 70.5 cm).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 13-18]
Paul Citroën, Metropolis, 1923.Collage, printed matter, and postcards, 30 × 23” (76.5 × 58.5 cm).Printroom of the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. [Fig. 13-20]
Naum Gabo, Construction for the Bijenkorf department store, 1956–57.Pre-stressed concrete, steel ribs, stainless steel, bronze wire, and marble, height 85’ (25.9 m).Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [Fig. 13-22]
Willi Baumeister, Wall Picture with Circle II, 1923.Oil and wood on wood panel, 46-1⁄2 × 27-1⁄8” (118 × 69 cm).Kunsthalle, Hamburg. [Fig. 13-24]
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Elevation for brick country house, 1923. [Fig. 13-26]
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German Pavilion, International Exposition, Barcelona, Spain. Floor plan, 1929 [Fig. 13-28]
Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Apparition, 1959.Oil on board, 47-1⁄2 × 47-1⁄2” (120.7 × 120.7 cm).Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [Fig. 13-30]