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Adro Hibbard
Hibbard was a prominent American plein air painter. His depictions of snowy landscapes, particularly in Vermont are highly regarded. Hibbard worked in oil; watercolor just couldn't be used in January & February in the mountains of Vermont. It is said that he discovered his talent for snow scenes when caught in a blizzard in the mountains near Madrid. -
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper was a American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life.Hopper's influence on the art world was undeniable. Hopper's cinematic compositions and dramatic use of light and dark has made him a favorite among filmmakers. -
Ezra Pound's "Make It New!" philosophy
Ezra Pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. His controbution to modernism came with his spread of Imagism-a movement in poetry which derived its technique from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry—stressing clarity, precision, and economy of language and foregoing traditional rhyme and meter. Ezra coined the term "make it new" in description to the movement of his and others of the time progressive writing styles. -
Georgia O'Keeffe
O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same decade.O’Keeffe depicted subjects specific to the Northern New Mexico area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Modernism. -
Horace Pippin
Horace Pippin was a self-taught African-American painter. The injustice of slavery and American segregation figure prominently in many of his works. Pippin lost the use of hia right arm while in combat in WW1. Pippin initially took up art in the 1920s to strengthen his wounded right arm; his activity as a painter began in earnest around 1930, when he completed his first oil painting, The End of the War: Starting Home. -
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot was a major contributior to modernism in literature. His works involved a complicated style, allusions being the common element. He wrote about things that concerned him, specifically having to do with the post-war attitudes many people had. He wrote about death, loss, and spiritual recovery which for the most part are still of concern today.He wrote what is now considered by many to be the single most influential poetic work of the twentieth century, "The Waste Land". -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. Fitzgerald wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with age and despair. -
T.E. Hulme
T.E . Hulme was an English critic and poet who, through his writings on art, literature and politics, had a notable influence upon modernism.Hulme was best known for the position of leadership he held in the group of poets and philosophers known as the "imagists."
During his life, Hulme gained recognition for his literary criticism and journalistic contributions. However, Hulme's most notable work was arguably his poetry, but which was highly influential among his fellow poets.
