Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

Summary information

Date

Wed Dec 03 1941 until Mon Dec 08 1941

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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November 1941

December 1941

Friday, November 28, 1941

Saturday, November 29, 1941

Sunday, November 30, 1941

Monday, December 1, 1941

Tuesday, December 2, 1941

Wednesday, December 3, 1941

Thursday, December 4, 1941

Friday, December 5, 1941

Saturday, December 6, 1941

Sunday, December 7, 1941

Monday, December 8, 1941

Tuesday, December 9, 1941

Wednesday, December 10, 1941

Thursday, December 11, 1941

Friday, December 12, 1941

Saturday, December 13, 1941

Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night

Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Deployment Unit

Modern Primitives: Artists of the People

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

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1941-09	1943-07	New Acquisition: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night
2	1941-10	1942-04	Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Deployment Unit
3	1941-10	1944-04	Modern Primitives: Artists of the People
4	1941-10	1942-01	Isadora Duncan: Drawings, Photographs, Memorabilia
5	1941-10	1942-02	Image of Freedom
6	1941-11	1942-01	Salvador Dalí
7	1941-11	1942-01	Joan Miró
8	1941-11	1942-01	Architecture of Eric Mendelsohn, 1914–1940
9	1941-12	1942-01	Useful Objects Under $10
10	1941-12	1942-01	Silk Screen Prints Under $10
11	1941-12	1942-01	American Photographs at $10

Artists

There were 7 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.

Lester Beall

Biographical statement American, 1903–1969

Born 1903 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1969

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Lester Beall

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lester Beall was involved in 14 exhibitions across 6 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,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1937-11	1937-11	Rockefeller Center	Spanish and U.S. Government Posters

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-06	1941-06	MoMA	A History of the Modern Poster
2	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
3	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
4	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
5	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	The Artist as Adversary
2	1976-03	1976-05	MoMA	Posters from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2010-11	2011-05	MoMA	Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture
3	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940
4	2013-07	2014-01	MoMA	Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City

A. M. Cassandre

Biographical statement French, 1901–1968

Born 1901 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1968

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for A. M. Cassandre

Exhibitions

In this dataset, A. M. Cassandre was involved in 25 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-01	1936-02	MoMA	Posters by Cassandre
2	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-06	1941-06	MoMA	A History of the Modern Poster
2	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
3	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
4	1946-10	1946-11	MoMA	On Being a Cartoonist
5	1948-09	1948-12	MoMA	Collage
6	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Posters from the Bernard Davis Collection
2	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
3	1957-03	1957-04	MoMA	Travel Posters
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-12	MoMA	Posters by Cassandre
2	1974-12	1975-02	MoMA	Posters in the Penthouse
3	1976-03	1976-05	MoMA	Posters from the Collection
4	1979-01	1979-07	MoMA	Posters from the Collection
5	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1983-07	1983-08	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Posters
2	1988-06	1988-09	MoMA	The Modern Poster

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2002-06	2002-09	MoMA	AUTObodies: Speed, Sport, Transport
2	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
3	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2011-08	2012-02	MoMA	Full Steam Ahead, Ocean Travel Posters, 1930s

Clifford and Rosemary Ellis

Biographical statement British

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality British

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Clifford and Rosemary Ellis 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.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

E. McKnight Kauffer

Biographical statement American, 1890–1954

Born 1890 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1954

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, E. McKnight Kauffer was involved in 21 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 8 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
2	1936-04	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
3	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Posters by E. McKnight Kauffer

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-06	1941-06	MoMA	A History of the Modern Poster
2	1941-08	1941-08	MoMA	American Watercolors; Lettering and Arrangements in Poster Design
3	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
4	1942-06	1942-08	MoMA	New Rugs by American Artists
5	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Twentieth Century Portraits
6	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
7	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life
8	1949-10	1949-11	MoMA	New Posters from 16 Countries

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1957-03	1957-04	MoMA	Travel Posters

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Film Posters
2	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
2	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	The Artist as Adversary
3	1976-03	1976-05	MoMA	Posters from the Collection
4	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-07	2011-01	MoMA	Underground Gallery: London Transport Posters, 1920s–1940s
2	2011-08	2012-02	MoMA	Full Steam Ahead, Ocean Travel Posters, 1930s
3	2013-04	2013-09	MoMA	Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons

Paul Nash

Biographical statement British, 1889–1946

Born 1889 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1946

Nationality British

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Paul Nash was involved in 8 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s,1980s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-04	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
2	1936-12	1937-01	MoMA	Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-05	1941-09	MoMA	Britain at War
2	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1956-10	1956-12	MoMA	Masters of British Painting, 1800–1950

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1983-03	1983-05	MoMA	Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
2	1989-08	1989-11	MoMA	The Cubist Imprint

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	A Century of Artists Books

Betty Swanwick

Biographical statement

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Betty Swanwick 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.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

Weisgerber

Biographical statement Austrian

Born ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality Austrian

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Weisgerber 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.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

B

Lester Beall

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (5)

1960s (1)

1970s (2)

1990s (1)

2010s (4)

C

A. M. Cassandre

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (6)

1950s (4)

1960s (2)

1970s (5)

1980s (2)

2000s (3)

2010s (1)

E

Clifford and Rosemary Ellis

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

K

E. McKnight Kauffer

Exhibitions

1930s (3)

1940s (8)

1950s (1)

1960s (2)

1970s (4)

2010s (3)

N

Paul Nash

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

1980s (2)

1990s (1)

S

Betty Swanwick

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

W

Weisgerber

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Acknowledgements