Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Modern Man
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Modern Man
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Image View:
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Detail, central section
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Creator:
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James Guy (American painter, 1910-1983)
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Location:
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repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 1983.338
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Location Note:
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7 Congress Square
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GPS:
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+43.653611-70.262222
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Date:
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ca. 1941 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Surrealist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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30 1/8 in (height) x 25 in (width)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; figural; pipe; hat
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Description:
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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.portlandmuseum.org)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-GUYJ-MM-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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