WOW! A Revolutionary Language Of Shapes And Colors!

Modernism wasn’t just a style—it was a way of thinking, a way of life. Hear curator Jessica Todd Smith talk about the era that inspired Modern Times: American Art 1910–1950, on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through September 3.

From jazz and the jitterbug to assembly lines and skylines: the early twentieth century was a time of great social, artistic, and technological change. Artists responded with a revolutionary language of shapes and colors. See how Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Jacob Lawrence, and others challenged convention and forged bold new styles to fit the times.