MODERNISM FOR THE MASSES: Painters, Politics, and Public Murals in 1930s New York

A mural renaissance swept the U.S. in the 1930s. This work examines the public murals of many abstract painters as well as the aesthetic controversy, political influence, and ideological warfare that surrounded them. Patterson explores the reasons for the omission of the mural's history from chronicles of American art. Photos, many in color.