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Article: A lost American futurist. (artist Frances Simpson Stevens)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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Daring World War I, a young American painter named Frances Simpson Stevens found her way into the inner circle of Italy's Futurist movement, exhibiting alongside some of the most advanced European artists of the day. While only a single painting by her is known to have survived, recently discovered photographs, exhibition records and other clues now make possible a rough account of her career.
In the years immediately following the Armory Show of 1913, most members of the general public considered Futurism the most extreme and radical manifestation of modern art. But few had in mind the art of the Italian Futurists, for most mistakenly thought the term referred to ...