Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Unite and Fight

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Unite and Fight
Image View: 
Overall view without frame
Creator: 
James Guy (American painter, 1910-1983)
Location: 
repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 1983.339
Location Note: 
7 Congress Square
GPS: 
+43.653611-70.262222
Date: 
1944 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
American
Style Period: 
Surrealist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1: 
watercolor (painting)
Classification: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Material: 
watercolor and gouache on wove paper
Technique: 
aquarelle (technique)
Measurements: 
10 in (height) x 16 in (width)
Subjects: 
abstraction; World War, 1939-1945; labor; home front
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. Guy was a strong believer in the exclusive power of surrealism to communicate with the viewer on a profound enough level to convince them to take action. (Source: Portland Museum of Art (PMA) [website]; http://www.portlandmuseum.org)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A1-GUYJ-UAF-A01
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.