Display, Still Life and Flower Painting exhibition, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1945

View of introductory text panels for the Still Life and Flower Paintings exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in late fall of 1945. The concept for the exhibition grew in response to persistent questions from museum patrons about abstract art, often asking what pieces of art meant, or what they were supposed to be. The Baltimore Museum of Art hoped to respond with this exhibition by showcasing the composition and the artists' technique of secondary objects, hopefully enabling the audience to approach artworks by looking at the fundamentals, without being distracted by over-scrutiny or con... Mehr ...