Modernist Construction
Artist
Rudolph Weisenborn
(American, 1881 - 1974)
Date1933
MediumOil on board
Dimensions28 × 21 3/4 in. (71.1 × 55.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anonymous Union League Club Member
Object numberUL2019.1
Rudolph Weisenborn rebelled against traditional art instruction to become a Cubist and leader in avant-garde, radical art movements in Chicago. In 1912, he designed windows for Marshall Field & Company, and later became the founder of Chicago's "No Jury Exhibition." He taught at the Hull House, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1943-64), and opened the Weisenborn Art School in Oak Park. In 1922, a fire destroyed much of his earlier ouevre.
NotesRudolph Weisenborn rebelled against traditional art instruction to become a Cubist and leader in avant-garde, radical art movements in Chicago. In 1912, he designed windows for Marshall Field & Company, and later became the founder of Chicago's "No Jury Exhibition." He taught at the Hull House, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1943-64), and opened the Weisenborn Art School in Oak Park. In 1922, a fire destroyed much of his earlier ouevre.
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