modernism
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Her mother and local women and children modeled for graphic paintings that point to Schjerfbeck’s growing commitment to a personal brand of home-brewed modernism.
“Dreamworld” opens, in the section “Waking Dream,” with harbingers of Surrealism—fusing classicism and modernism, reality and fantasy—by Giorgio de Chirico, whom Apollinaire described as a painter of things beyond the observable.
An artist who was often described to have a nomadic and bohemian disposition, he dabbled seamlessly with Cubist-inspired modernism and traditional Indian themes, creating bold and vibrant canvases with scenes from history and mythology.
From BBC
In the end, this is one more strand of this curious architect, whose traditional modernism is now the default vernacular for clients who do not want eye-catching signature buildings.
In the early 1960s, Ames faced fierce opposition from civic groups, who decried modernism as a threat to Balboa Park’s Spanish heart.
From Los Angeles Times
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