Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
“Art, when really understood, is the province of every human being,” wrote influential teacher and painter Robert Henri in the 1920s. Explore the universal human drive to understand the world by making art through works created in times of fear and conflict alongside works by self-taught artists who drew on spiritual subjects for inspiration. Look closely at the explorations of dissolving form and light made at mid-century by Hyman Bloom, Jackson Pollock, and Norman Lewis, as well as the visionary creations of Howard Finster and Sam Doyle.
Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, Art of the Americas
Michael Bramwell, Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, Art of the Americas
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
“Art, when really understood, is the province of every human being,” wrote influential teacher and painter Robert Henri in the 1920s. Explore the universal human drive to understand the world by making art through works created in times of fear and conflict alongside works by self-taught artists who drew on spiritual subjects for inspiration. Look closely at the explorations of dissolving form and light made at mid-century by Hyman Bloom, Jackson Pollock, and Norman Lewis, as well as the visionary creations of Howard Finster and Sam Doyle.
Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings, Art of the Americas
Michael Bramwell, Joyce Linde Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art, Art of the Americas
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
