From Hopper to Rothko: America's Road to Modern Art
The show brings together key works that defined America's rise as a powerhouse of modern art, exploring the movements, tensions, and breakthroughs that shaped a distinctly American visual language — from regionalism and social realism through Abstract Expressionism and beyond.
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Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in depicting modern American life and landscapes.
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Mark Rothko was a Latvian-born American abstract painter. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970. Although Rothko did not personally subscribe to any one school, he is associated with the…
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The Museum Barberini is an art museum in the reconstructed Palast Barberini in Potsdam, which opened in 2017. Its exhibitions range from the so-called Old Masters to contemporary art, with an emphasis on impressionist painting. Centered around works from the collection of its founder and patron…