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John Covert Rediscovered

John Covert Rediscovered

Mazow, Leo G.

Paperback

Art HistoryAmerican Art - GeneralGeneral Art

ISBN10: 0911209581
ISBN13: 9780911209587
Publisher: Palmer Museum of Art
Published: Mar 11 2003
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.19 Width: 8.96 Depth: 10.50
Language: English

Although little known today, John R. Covert (1882-1960) played a pivotal role in the development of American modernism. He was a founder of the Society of Independent Artists, an active participant in the Société Anonyme, and produced innovative paintings and collage-constructions that reflect his experiences of the renowned art collection of his cousin, Walter Arensberg. Yet, in 1923, Covert broke off his association with key modernists like Marcel Duchamp and Charles Demuth, closed his New York studio, and went to work as a salesman for the Vesuvius Crucible Company of Pittsburgh. Generally, the artist's story is thought to end there, but John Covert Rediscovered, published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Palmer Museum of Art, shows that Covert never abandoned his artistic endeavors even if he did spend the last decades of his life at the periphery of the art world.

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