Modern Primitives: Artists of the People

Summary information

Date

Tue Oct 21 1941 until Mon May 01 1944

Location
  • MoMA type:exhibition building spaces
  • 11 West 53rd St. type:thoroughfare names
Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

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Selected Exhibition
MoMA
Modern Primitives: Artists of the People
Organic Design in Home Furnishings
New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night
George Grosz
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Deployment Unit
Isadora Duncan: Drawings, Photographs, Memorabilia
Image of Freedom
Salvador Dalí
Joan Miró
Architecture of Eric Mendelsohn, 1914–1940
Useful Objects Under $10
Silk Screen Prints Under $10
American Photographs at $10
Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
Pictures for Children
Dancers in Movement: Photographs by Gjon Mili
New Acquisitions: Latin-American Art
New Acquisitions: Photographs
Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
The Artists' New York
U.S. Army Illustrators of Fort Custer, Michigan
New Acquisitions: American Drawings
Photographs of the Civil War and the American Frontier
Children's Festival of Modern Art
Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition
Henri Rousseau
New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art
Two Years of War in England: Photographs by William Vandivert
Wartime Housing
Mexican Costumes by Carlos Mérida
Road to Victory
Josephine Joy: Romantic Painter
New Acquisitions: Free German Art
New Rugs by American Artists
Bambi: The Making of an Animated Sound Picture
Camouflage for Civilian Defense
New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
New Posters from England
Modern Architecture for the Modern School
How to make a Photogram
How Modern Artists Paint People
Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
20th Century Sculpture and Constructions
The Sculpture of John B. Flannagan
Tchelitchew: Paintings and Drawings
Art from Fighting China
National War Poster Competition
Useful Objects in Wartime under $10
Twentieth Century Portraits
Children's Festival of Modern Art
New Acquisitions: Photography by Alfred Stieglitz, European and American Art
Joe Milone's Shoe Shine Stand
Brazil Builds
Faces and Places in Brazil: Photographs by Genevieve Naylor
Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
New Acquisitions: The Eternal City by Peter Blume
Helen Levitt: Photographs of Children
Birds in Color: Flashlight Photographs by Eliot Porter
Yank Illustrates the War
Five California Houses
The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Religious Folk Art of the Southwest
War Caricatures by Hoffmeister and Peel
Five Paintings by Stanley Spencer
Tunisian Triumph: War Photographs by Eliot Elisofon
The Paintings of Morris Hirshfield
Airways to Peace
Art Shows for U.S.O. Centers
Bali, Background for War: The Human Problem of Reoccupation
Action Photography
Alexander Calder
Portraits
Marines Under Fire
Romantic Painting in America
New Acquisitions: 12 American Paintings
Norman Bel Geddes' War Maneuver Models
Modern Drawings
Modern Cuban Painters

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#StartEndTitle
11941-091941-11Organic Design in Home Furnishings
21941-091943-07New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night
31941-101941-11George Grosz
41941-101942-04Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Deployment Unit
51941-101942-01Isadora Duncan: Drawings, Photographs, Memorabilia
61941-101942-02Image of Freedom
71941-111942-01Salvador Dalí
81941-111942-01Joan Miró
91941-111942-01Architecture of Eric Mendelsohn, 1914–1940
101941-121942-01Useful Objects Under $10
111941-121942-01Silk Screen Prints Under $10
121941-121942-01American Photographs at $10
131941-121941-12Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
141941-121942-01Pictures for Children
151942-011942-04Dancers in Movement: Photographs by Gjon Mili
161942-011942-02New Acquisitions: Latin-American Art
171942-011942-02New Acquisitions: Photographs
181942-011942-03Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
191942-011942-03The Artists' New York
201942-021942-03U.S. Army Illustrators of Fort Custer, Michigan
211942-021942-04New Acquisitions: American Drawings
221942-031942-04Photographs of the Civil War and the American Frontier
231942-031942-05Children's Festival of Modern Art
241942-031942-03Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition
251942-031942-05Henri Rousseau
261942-031942-05New Acquisitions and Extended Loans: Cubist and Abstract Art
271942-041942-06Two Years of War in England: Photographs by William Vandivert
281942-041942-06Wartime Housing
291942-051942-05Mexican Costumes by Carlos Mérida
301942-051942-10Road to Victory
311942-061942-10Josephine Joy: Romantic Painter
321942-061942-08New Acquisitions: Free German Art
331942-061942-08New Rugs by American Artists
341942-071942-08Bambi: The Making of an Animated Sound Picture
351942-081942-09Camouflage for Civilian Defense
361942-081942-09New Acquisitions: American Painting and Sculpture
371942-091942-10New Posters from England
381942-091942-09Modern Architecture for the Modern School
391942-091942-11How to make a Photogram
401942-091942-10How Modern Artists Paint People
411942-091942-12Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
421942-101942-1020th Century Sculpture and Constructions
431942-101942-11The Sculpture of John B. Flannagan
441942-101942-11Tchelitchew: Paintings and Drawings
451942-111942-11Art from Fighting China
461942-111943-01National War Poster Competition
471942-121943-01Useful Objects in Wartime under $10
481942-121943-01Twentieth Century Portraits
491942-121943-01Children's Festival of Modern Art
501942-121943-02New Acquisitions: Photography by Alfred Stieglitz, European and American Art
511942-121943-01Joe Milone's Shoe Shine Stand
521943-011943-02Brazil Builds
531943-011943-02Faces and Places in Brazil: Photographs by Genevieve Naylor
541943-021943-03Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
551943-031943-03New Acquisitions: The Eternal City by Peter Blume
561943-031943-04Helen Levitt: Photographs of Children
571943-031943-04Birds in Color: Flashlight Photographs by Eliot Porter
581943-031943-04Yank Illustrates the War
591943-031943-04Five California Houses
601943-031943-06The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
611943-041943-06Religious Folk Art of the Southwest
621943-051943-06War Caricatures by Hoffmeister and Peel
631943-051943-05Five Paintings by Stanley Spencer
641943-061943-07Tunisian Triumph: War Photographs by Eliot Elisofon
651943-061943-08The Paintings of Morris Hirshfield
661943-071943-10Airways to Peace
671943-081943-09Art Shows for U.S.O. Centers
681943-081943-09Bali, Background for War: The Human Problem of Reoccupation
691943-081943-09Action Photography
701943-091944-01Alexander Calder
711943-111943-12Portraits
721943-111944-01Marines Under Fire
731943-111944-02Romantic Painting in America
741944-011944-03New Acquisitions: 12 American Paintings
751944-011944-03Norman Bel Geddes' War Maneuver Models
761944-021944-05Modern Drawings
771944-031944-05Modern Cuban Painters

Artists

There were 19 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Patrocino Barela

Biographical statement American, 1908–1964

Born 1908 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1964

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Patrocino Barela

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Patrocino Barela was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11936-091936-10MoMANew Horizons in American Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People
21943-041943-06MoMAReligious Folk Art of the Southwest

André Bauchant

Biographical statement French, 1873–1958

Born 1873 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1958

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for André Bauchant

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, André Bauchant was involved in 13 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11933-051933-05MoMAFruit and Flower Paintings
21938-041938-07Rockefeller CenterMasters of Popular Painting: Modern Primitives of Europe and America
31939-051939-09MoMAPainting, Sculpture, Prints

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
12000-032000-09MoMAThe Raw and the Cooked

Camille Bombois

Biographical statement French, 1883–1970

Born 1883 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1970

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Camille Bombois

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Camille Bombois was involved in 17 exhibitions across 4 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 8 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s with 2 exhibitions.

Vincent Canadé

Biographical statement American, 1879–1961

Born 1879 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1961

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Vincent Canadé

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vincent Canadé was involved in 11 exhibitions across 6 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 3 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11950-081950-10MoMAPainting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11960-051960-09MoMAPortraits from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11991-011991-03MoMAArtist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait

Pedro Cervantez

Biographical statement American, born 1915

Born 1915 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Pedro Cervantez

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Pedro Cervantez was involved in 4 exhibitions across 3 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11936-091936-10MoMANew Horizons in American Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11940-041940-04MoMAFour American Traveling Exhibitions
21941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People

#StartEndLocationTitle
11961-041961-08MoMAAmerica Seen: Between The Wars

Edward C. ("Pa") Hunt

Biographical statement American, 1870–1934

Born 1870 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1934

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Edward C. ("Pa") Hunt

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Edward C. ("Pa") Hunt was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People

Edward Hicks

Biographical statement American, 1780–1849

Born 1780 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1849

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Edward Hicks

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Edward Hicks was involved in 10 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 4 exhibitions.

Morris Hirshfield

Biographical statement American, born Poland. 1872–1946

Born 1872 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1946

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Morris Hirshfield

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Morris Hirshfield was involved in 17 exhibitions across 8 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1950s,2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11939-101939-11MoMAContemporary Unknown American Painters

#StartEndLocationTitle
11960-121961-01Country Art GalleryBirds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art
21966-111967-02MoMAArt in the Mirror
31968-011968-03MoMAThe Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21971-071971-11MoMAWays of Looking
31972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11991-021991-04MoMAArt of the Forties
21999-041999-10MoMAPost-war to Pop: Masterworks from MoMA's Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
12000-032000-09MoMAThe Raw and the Cooked

Thorvald A Hoyer

Biographical statement Dutch, 1872–1949

Born 1872 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1949

Nationality Dutch

Gender Male

External information resources for Thorvald A Hoyer

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Thorvald A Hoyer was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

John Kane

Biographical statement American, born Scotland. 1860–1934

Born 1860 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1934

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for John Kane

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Kane was involved in 33 exhibitions across 7 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 12 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11960-051960-09MoMAPortraits from the Museum Collection
21968-011968-03MoMAThe Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
31979-111980-01MoMAArt of the Twenties

#StartEndLocationTitle
12000-032000-09MoMAThe Raw and the Cooked
22007-012007-12MoMAPainting and Sculpture Changes 2007
32008-032008-07MoMAGlossolalia: Languages of Drawings

Lawrence Lebduska

Biographical statement American, 1894–1966

Born 1894 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1966

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Lawrence Lebduska

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lawrence Lebduska was involved in 6 exhibitions across 4 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1970s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11936-091936-10MoMANew Horizons in American Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11940-041940-04MoMAFour American Traveling Exhibitions
21941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

Dominique-Paul Peyronnet

Biographical statement French, 1872–1943

Born 1872 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1943

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Dominique-Paul Peyronnet

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Dominique-Paul Peyronnet was involved in 10 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 3 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 1 exhibitions.

Frederick Papsdorf

Biographical statement American, 1887–1978

Born 1887 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1978

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Frederick Papsdorf

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frederick Papsdorf was involved in 3 exhibitions across 1 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.

Joseph Pickett

Biographical statement American, 1848–1918

Born 1848 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1918

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Joseph Pickett

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Joseph Pickett was involved in 15 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 7 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

Henri Rousseau

Biographical statement French, 1844–1910

Born 1844 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1910

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Henri Rousseau

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Henri Rousseau was involved in 66 exhibitions across 9 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 17 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
12012-012012-12MoMAPainting and Sculpture Changes 2012

Patrick J. Sullivan

Biographical statement American, 1894–1967

Born 1894 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1967

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Patrick J. Sullivan

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Patrick J. Sullivan was involved in 8 exhibitions across 6 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1970s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s,2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People
21943-021943-03MoMAAmericans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

#StartEndLocationTitle
11968-011968-03MoMAThe Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings
21972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
12000-032000-09MoMAThe Raw and the Cooked

#StartEndLocationTitle
12012-112013-07MoMAArtist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly

Pasquale (Patsy) Santo

Biographical statement American, 1893–1975

Born 1893 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1975

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Pasquale (Patsy) Santo

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Pasquale (Patsy) Santo was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11939-101939-11MoMAContemporary Unknown American Painters

#StartEndLocationTitle
11941-101944-04MoMAModern Primitives: Artists of the People
21943-021943-03MoMAAmericans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

Louis Vivin

Biographical statement French, 1861–1936

Born 1861 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1936

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Louis Vivin

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Louis Vivin was involved in 12 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 5 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11938-041938-07Rockefeller CenterMasters of Popular Painting: Modern Primitives of Europe and America

#StartEndLocationTitle
11968-011968-03MoMAThe Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11972-011972-02MoMANaive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
21975-121976-03MoMAA Museum Menagerie

Alfred Wallis

Biographical statement British, 1855–1942

Born 1855 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1942

Nationality British

Gender Male

External information resources for Alfred Wallis

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alfred Wallis was involved in 6 exhibitions across 4 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2000s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11970-031970-04MoMANaive Paintings

#StartEndLocationTitle
12000-032000-09MoMAThe Raw and the Cooked
22008-032008-07MoMAGlossolalia: Languages of Drawings