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#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Celebrating Women’s History Month

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Isabel Bishop, Fourteenth Street, 1932. Image via Radford.edu. Village Preservation’s proposed South of Union Square historic district attracted painters, writers, publishers, and radical […]

#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Atelier 17

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Throughout the 20th century, the area south of Union Square attracted painters, writers, publishers, and radical social organizations, many of whom were […]

#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Mary Fife Laning

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Throughout the 20th century, the area south of Union Square attracted painters, writers, publishers, and radical social organizations, many of whom were challenging accepted […]

#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Edward Laning

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Throughout the 20th century, the area south of Union Square attracted painters, writers, publishers, and radical social organizations, many of whom were […]

#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Kenneth Hayes Miller

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the area south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, American art was still struggling to be seen as legitimate among artists of the Western […]

#SouthOfUnionSquare, the Birthplace of American Modernism: Isabel Bishop

“South of Union Square, the Birthplace of American Modernism” is a series that explores how the built environment south of Union Square shaped some of the most influential American artists of the 20th century.  The area south of Union Square in the mid-to-late 20th century was one that readily attracted painters, writers, publishers, and radical […]