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Cordray Simmons (1888-1970) And Lue Osborne (1889-1968): Two American Artists: Inventors Of A True Synthetic Resin Paint, Pamela E. Mayo
Cordray Simmons (1888-1970) And Lue Osborne (1889-1968): Two American Artists: Inventors Of A True Synthetic Resin Paint, Pamela E. Mayo
Theses & Honors Papers
With the 1908 exhibition of "The Eight" (Robert Henri, A. B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast , George Luks, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Ernest Lawson, and George Bellows) at William MacBeth's New York gallery, American art received new inspiration . Ac ademicism was repressed and originality and artistic freedom were encouraged . Under Robert Henri's leadership, a new American outlook had developed. Paintings began to report individual views of life in America and describe the realities of life in the new century. Life in modern America became the new subject of art, as artists became commentators on human interest scenes.
Lue Osborne …