Modernism

Modernism is a broad grouping of experiments, not a single look. A picture may keep recognizable people and places while reorganizing color, line or space; another may move toward abstraction. Compare which familiar cues an artist retains and which are transformed. Exhibitions such as the 1913 Armory Show brought different European and American approaches together, making their disagreements and connections visible. The works here offer examples of that variety rather than a complete account of modern art. Connected places: Europe · The United States.

• The Child's BathMary Cassatt, 1893
• On a BalconyMary Cassatt, 1878–79
• After the BullfightMary Cassatt, 1873
• Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)Vasily Kandinsky, 1913
• Croquet SceneWinslow Homer, 1866
• Mount WashingtonWinslow Homer, 1869
• Peach BlossomsWinslow Homer, 1878
• The Herring NetWinslow Homer, 1885
• Coast of MaineWinslow Homer, 1893
• The Dark MountainMarsden Hartley, 1909
• MovementMarsden Hartley, 1913
• Still Life No. 15Marsden Hartley, c. 1917
• The Last of New England—The Beginning of New MexicoMarsden Hartley, 1918–19
• Still Life No. 3Marsden Hartley, 1923
• Grey and Silver: Old Battersea ReachJames McNeill Whistler, 1863
• Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea)James McNeill Whistler, 1865
• Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton WaterJames McNeill Whistler, 1872
• Study of a Girl's Head and ShouldersJames McNeill Whistler, 1896–97
• ThistlesJohn Singer Sargent, 1883–89
• Water Carriers on the NileJohn Singer Sargent, 1891
• Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth)John Singer Sargent, 1897
• On the BankFrederick Carl Frieseke, c. 1915
• Love of WinterGeorge Wesley Bellows, 1914
• The Artist in His StudioJames McNeill Whistler, 1865–66
• Portrait of Dr. William McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill Whistler, 1871–73
• Coast Scene, BathersJames McNeill Whistler, 1884–85
• Violet and Silver—The Deep SeaJames McNeill Whistler, 1893
• Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome EddyJames McNeill Whistler, 1894
• Venetian Glass WorkersJohn Singer Sargent, 1880–82
• Mrs. Charles Gifford Dyer (Mary Anthony)John Singer Sargent, 1880
• Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre)John Singer Sargent, 1882
• The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, ItalyJohn Singer Sargent, 1907
• At Mouquin'sWilliam James Glackens, 1905
• Study of Two BedouinsJohn Singer Sargent, 1905–6
• ProvincetownMarsden Hartley, 1916
• Movement No. 10Marsden Hartley, 1917
• Young Woman in BlackRobert Henri, 1902
• HerselfRobert Henri, 1913
• HimselfRobert Henri, 1913
• Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and GrayPiet Mondrian, 1921
• Jacques and Berthe LipchitzAmedeo Modigliani, 1916
• Landscape No. 3, Cash Entry Mines, New MexicoMarsden Hartley, 1920