Wisconsin
1936
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oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 50.9 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.) framed: 70.5 x 61 x 6 cm (27 3/4 x 24 x 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Brenda Kuhn
Accession Number
1968.25.1
Art Historical Context
Walt Kuhn's *Wisconsin* (1936), an oil on canvas measuring 20 1/16 x 16 1/16 inches, captures the artist's mature modernist vision during the Great Depression era. Kuhn, a pivotal figure in American art, co-organized the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which avant-garde European styles like Cubism and Fauvism to the U.S. By the 1930s, his work evolved into bold, simplified portraits and figures, often rendered with vibrant colors, flattened forms, and a carnival-like exuberance inspired by everyday American life. This intimate painting reflects Kuhn's fascination with robust, expressive subjects, ...