This talk focuses on the obscure yet fascinating career of the folk artist Morris Hirshfield (1872-1946), a former tailor and slipper manufacturer who took up painting at the age of 65. Hirshfield's wildly stylized pictures of animals, landscapes, and female nudes attracted a great degree of attention in the 1940s, including a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943. Taking Hirshfield as case study, this talk considers the surprising dialogue between folk art and vanguard modernism at mid-century.
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
Thursday, April 20 5:30-7 pm
Location
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University 328 Lomita Drive Stanford, CA 94305
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
museum.stanford.edu
