Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist

It has been over twenty-four years since there has been an exhibition of the under-recognized American painter Agnes Pelton (1881-1961) and it comes eighty-eight years after a favorable review appeared in American Art Review. Almost nine decades later, we are still laying the groundwork for a greate...

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Published inAmerican art review Vol. 32; no. 3/4; p. 110
Main Author Vicario, Gilbert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Stratham American Art Review 01.06.2020
Subjects
20th century
Abstract art
American culture
Art exhibits
Deserts
Modern art
Oil painting
Pelton, Agnes (1881-1961)
New York City New York
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Summary:It has been over twenty-four years since there has been an exhibition of the under-recognized American painter Agnes Pelton (1881-1961) and it comes eighty-eight years after a favorable review appeared in American Art Review. Almost nine decades later, we are still laying the groundwork for a greater understanding of her contribution to American modernism and abstraction, while embracing an appreciation of her work by a generation of contemporary artists. Pelton's distinctive paintings can be described as metaphysical landscapes rooted in the California desert near Cathedral City, a place she called home for almost thirty years, yet they grew out of a sensibility firmly established prior to her arrival in the West. Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist is on view through November 2, 2020, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, New York.
ISSN:0092-1327