Opening Lecture: Realism After the War
Virginia Mecklenburg, Chief Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
In 1952, Edward Hopper and 40 other figurative painters formed a group to repudiate the art world’s adoration of Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, and others who dripped and poured paint. Virginia Mecklenburg’s talk will feature paintings by Hopper, Paul Cadmus, Norman Rockwell, and others whose realist canvases shifted the conversation about art in the years following World War II.
Presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Modern American Realism.
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The Portland Art Museum is pleased to offer accommodations to ensure that our programs are accessible and inclusive. All spaces for this program are accessible by wheelchair. Assistive listening devices are also available for lectures. All restrooms have accessible stalls but no power doors. There are single-stall all-gender bathrooms available. Please ask staff for directions.
We will do our best to accommodate your needs when you arrive, however, we need 2-3 weeks advance notice for some specific requests. Please email requests to access@pam.org, or call 503-226-2811.
