Christopher Nevinson, New York by Night, 1920, and The Soul of the Soulless City, 1920
After the end of the First World War in 1918, British artist Christopher Nevinson began to artistically move away from his brutally dynamic Futurist style. He visited New York in 1919 and 1920, and became quite fascinated by the urban sights and sounds. Much of his work from this time features compositions dominated by the city’s sky-scraping architecture.
Maurice Prendergast, 1901, Central Park, New York
The El, New York by Childe Hassam, 1894
Hassam creates a real smokiness in his depiction of New York’s elevated railway system. I love how the shapes of objects become more muted and unclear the further into the picture you look.
Madison Square by Maurice Prendergast, 1901
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The Soul of the Soulless City (New York: An Abstraction) by Christopher R. W. Nevinson, 1920
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