Florine Stettheimer and Symbolism
Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871 – 1944), Sun, 1931 (detail), Oil on canvas with frame, 43 5/8 x 31 ¾ x 2 1/8 in. (110.8 x 80.6 x 5.4 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 73.36a-b
Stiller Auditorium
The painter and poet Florine Stettheimer (1871 – 1944) is an icon of the Jazz Age whose friends included Marcel Duchamp and Georgia O’Keeffe. Learn about Stettheimer’s life, as well as her sophisticated and whimsical artwork, which is included in the exhibition At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism. Speaker Stephen Brown is a curator at the Jewish Museum, New York, where he has organized major exhibitions on modern artists, including Florine Stettheimer in 2017.
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Cost: Museum Admission/Members FREE
Support for lectures was provided by the Gayle and Paul Gross Education Endowment Fund.
Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871 – 1944)
Sun, 1931
Oil on canvas with frame
43 5/8 x 31 ¾ x 2 1/8 in. (110.8 x 80.6 x 5.4 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 73.36a-b