American scene painting is a
naturalist style of paintings and art of the 1920s through the 1940s in the
United States.After
World War I many United States artists rejected the
modern trends stemming from the
Armory Show and European influences such as those from the
School of Paris. Instead they chose to adopt
academic realism in depicting American urban and rural scenes. Much of the American scene painting conveys a
nationalism and
romanticism of everyday American life. During the 1930s, these artists documented and depicted American cities, small towns, and rural landscapes in a richness never seen before; some did so as a way to return to a simpler time away from industrialization whereas others sought to make a political statement and lent their art to revolutionary and radical causes. Representative artists include
Thomas Hart Benton,
Grant Wood,
Reginald Marsh, and
Stuart Davis.
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