I adore Regionalism. Perhaps, coming from the breadbasket (aka Wisconsin), it's a given. As a Wisconsinite, or maybe just because I understand the obvious, nothing compares to the Midwest evocation of Wood's, Hopper's or John Steuart Curry's work and their ability to illicit the sinister suggested beneath the legendary "Midwest nice." Jerry Bywaters, although a famous Texan, evinces the stoic mix of natural beauty and determined sadness of perfected regionalism. IMO, Regionalism didn't just stake place in the heartland. It started with Sloan then Cadmus in NYC, then spread west as things do, becoming perfected by Wood, Curry and others. Bywater's astonishing, solemn work is an example of a stop along the way.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
484. Sharecropper - Jerry Bywaters - 1937 - Dallas Museum of Art
I adore Regionalism. Perhaps, coming from the breadbasket (aka Wisconsin), it's a given. As a Wisconsinite, or maybe just because I understand the obvious, nothing compares to the Midwest evocation of Wood's, Hopper's or John Steuart Curry's work and their ability to illicit the sinister suggested beneath the legendary "Midwest nice." Jerry Bywaters, although a famous Texan, evinces the stoic mix of natural beauty and determined sadness of perfected regionalism. IMO, Regionalism didn't just stake place in the heartland. It started with Sloan then Cadmus in NYC, then spread west as things do, becoming perfected by Wood, Curry and others. Bywater's astonishing, solemn work is an example of a stop along the way.
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