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History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Florine Stettheimer: A Re-Appraisal Of The Artist In Context, Melissa (Liles) Parris Jan 1994

Florine Stettheimer: A Re-Appraisal Of The Artist In Context, Melissa (Liles) Parris

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Florine Stettheimer was an independent painter and eminent "art hostess" among the avant-garde in New York City during the years between the World Wars. In 1916, Stettheimer rather suddenly affected a naive or unschooled style that did not fit within any academic or vanguard movement. This new style, what I have termed conscious naiveté, can be considered the genesis of Stettheimer's mature works. Contemporaneous critical appraisals after the shift in style undervalued the inventive modernity of her work and unfairly “feminized” her style.

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