A.R.C. Canteen, World War I (1918)
Henry Ossawa Tanner1918 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1937)
Specifications
- Year
- 1918
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1859–1937
About the artwork
Dated 1918, "A.R.C. Canteen, World War I" is an artwork by Henry Ossawa Tanner. About the period around 1918: The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Background on Drawings: Artists have long used drawings to plan paintings, sculptures, and buildings, so a sketch can show how an idea developed. Because line carries so much of the effect, drawings tend to reward close looking at the quality of the mark. The catalogue places it in Drawings. The format is landscape.
"A.R.C. Canteen, World War I" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
American, 1859–1937
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