Interior of the Fourth Dimension
1913
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 75.7 x 100.3 cm (29 13/16 x 39 1/2 in.) framed: 87.9 x 112.4 x 4.4 cm (34 5/8 x 44 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Natalie Davis Spingarn in memory of Linda R. Miller and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1990.78.1
Art Historical Context
**Interior of the Fourth Dimension (1913) by Max Weber is a oil-on-canvas painting measuring 75.7 x 100.3 cm, now housed in the National Gallery Art. Gifted in memory of Linda R. Miller and honoring the museum's 50th anniversary this work exemplifies Weber's bold foray into modernism. Born in Russia and later based in New York, Weber was a key figure in early American avant-garde circles, influenced by European innovators like Picasso and Braque through Alfred Stieglitz's "291" gallery. The title evokes the era's fascination with the "fourth dimension"—a concept blending geometry, mysticism, ...
About the Artist
Max Weber
Max Weber (1881–1961), born in Białystok in the Russian Empire (now Poland) to Orthodox Jewish parents, immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, at age ten with his family, joining his tailor father.) There, he pursued art studies at the Pratt Institute under Arthur Wesley Dow, an innovative teacher who emphasized expression and form over traditional narrative, drawing from Japanese art and Paul Gauguin....