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Roaring Twenties: 1918–1929 Great ... a generation of performers who became famous as recording artists or radio artists. ... called the Great Depression, ...
The Ten, also known as The Ten Whitney Dissenters, were a group of New York–based artists active from 1935 to 1940. [1] [a] Expressionist in tendency, the group was founded to gain exposure for its members during the economic difficulty of the Great Depression, and also in response to the popularity of Regionalism which dominated the gallery space its members sought.
The country survived both World War I and the Great Depression before entering World War II in December 1941. Americans endured great loss and hardship but found hope and encouragement in music. The genres and styles present during this period were Native American music, blues and gospel, jazz, swing, Cajun and Creole music, and country. The ...
American Abstract Artists was one of a number of Great Depression Era artist run organizations in the United States, others included Artists Union, American Artists' Congress, American Artists School, John Reed Club, [104] The Ten, [18] Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, [105] Harlem Artists Guild, [106] Sculptors Guild, [107] Artists ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century African-American artists and Category:20th-century American male artists and Category:20th-century Native American artists and Category:20th-century American women artists The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Famous Artists Who Shaped the World of Art Visionaries continuously influence our world, and the following creative geniuses are some of the most renowned artists to have ever lived. #1 Leonardo ...
Great Depression The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz.
One of the most famous of the Depression-era productions of the Theater Project of the Works Progress Administration is a jazzed version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, called The Swing Mikado. [399] Adelina García begins recording and performing on the radio, soon becoming the most popular American singer of the Mexican bolero song. [117]