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American Scene

Scope note

Movement of American figurative painting active from the 1920s to the 1940s, committed to the establishment of a genuinely American art by the realistic depiction of contemporary American life and the repudiation of contemporary nonrealist styles introduced by the Armory Show.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000164372

Narrower Terms used

Regionalist

Created

13yrs ago

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