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Article: A taste for triumph.(Painting American: The Rise of American Artists, Paris 1867-New York 1948, by Annie Cohen-Solal)
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- Art in America
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- May 1, 2002
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Painting American: The Rise of American Artists, Paris 1867-New York 1948, by Annie Cohen-Solal, trans, by the author with Laurie Hurwitz-Attias, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001; 439 pages, $30.
Two venues for art, the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle and the 1948 Venice Biennale, mark the chronological boundaries of Annie Cohen-Solal's recent study Painting American. At the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867, even the best in then-current American art, Hudson River School painting, stood no chance of success in an international context. In contrast, the presence of six paintings by Jackson Pollock at the 1948 Venice Biennale marks the finale of a grand effort ...
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