Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Modern Man
Image View:
Detail, central section
Creator:
James Guy (American painter, 1910-1983)
Location:
repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 1983.338
Location Note:
7 Congress Square
GPS:
43.653611-70.262222
Date:
ca. 1941 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Surrealist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
30 1/8 in (height) x 25 in (width)
Subjects:
abstraction; figural; pipe; hat
Description:
During the decade prior to World War II, James Guy achieved a substantial reputation in the New York art world. He was one of the earliest American exponents of surrealism, adopting it years before the abstract expressionists responded to the aesthetic. Guy used surrealism as a vehicle for social criticism. Here Guy contrasts the duality of a staid businessman with what might lie within. (Source: Portland Museum of Art (PMA) [website]; http://www.portlandm useum.org)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GUYJ-MM-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Modern Man