"Modern Art" by Thomas Craven, published by Simon & Schuster, New York 1934, first edition.

Hardcover, original gray cloth, gilt lettering and decorations on spine [shelf wear, a little spine fade, a little soiling: see photos]; 6.3/4" x 9.1/2"; residue of the removed label inside cover [see photo]; monochrome frontispiece of Utrillo's Montmartre, 378 pages including index, many monochrome illustrations, very good condition.

CONTENTS: 1. Bohemia; 2. The new century; 3. Two kinds of art; 4. Van Gogh; 5. Gauguin; 6. Wild animals; 7. Matisse; 8. Picasso; 9. Modigliani; 10. Grosz; 11. Cubes and cones; 12. America: the background; 13. The snob spirit; 14. An American architect; 15. Two sculptors; 16. The new gospel; 17. Practicing Americans; 18. Benton; 19. The Mexicans.

From the famous New York City Armory exhibit to the 30's. Bohemia, the New Century, the Academicians and Impressionists, the Fauves, Cubism, American art, Frank Lloyd Wright, sculptors Barnard and Epstein, Alfred Steiglitz, Benton, the Mexicans.

Thomas Craven (1888-1969) was an American author, critic and lecturer, who promoted the work of American Regionalist painters, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, among others. He was known for his caustic comments and being the "leading decrier of the School of Paris."

Thomas Craven's impact on the art world was significant. Any literature discussing the Regionalist painters makes reference to Craven's work. He is discussed in Renegade Regionalists by James M. Dennis, John Steuart Curry's Pageant of America by Laurence E. Schmeckebier and Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock by Henry Adams. His influence is best described by the Time magazine's review of his book, Men of Art.

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