Winter Park January 2010 : Page 1Regional Dialect from the John and Susan Horseman Collection Organized by The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee In the period between the twentieth century’s two world wars, American artists across the country began to look to their neighbors and to their immediate surroundings for inspiration. They came to be known as the painters of the American Scene, and their work sought to express the American experience in all it’s pleasure and pain, complexity and plurality. They produced cogent snapshots of American values, desires, challenges, and aspirations that resonated with the country. The paintings, all produced during the period spanning the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, include scenes created by Charles Burchfield, Paul Cornoyer and Birger Sandzen. The artists come not only from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, but also Germany, Sweden and Armenia. While they do not adhere to a single style, the diversity of subject captured the width and breadth of the American experience during this period. ROBERT OSBOURNE CHADEAYNE American, 1897-1981 Service Station, 1935 oil on canvas, 30 × 36 inches November 14, 2009 – February 7, 2010 The Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton Street • Orlando, Florida • www.mennellomuseum.org Owned and operated by the City of Orlando American Scene Paintings The Mennello Museum Of American Art |
