The Forties witnessed main shifts in politics, science, economics, business, the humanities, and tradition, which coincided with a time of shortage, limitation, and the catastrophic international battle of World Struggle II.
All through this tumultuous interval, artists introduced new concepts to their work throughout media, from trend and textiles, craft and design, to printmaking, drawing, pictures, portray, and sculpture. Increase: artwork and design within the Forties will likely be a testomony to the inventive spirit that flourished regardless of the restrictions and adversity of the period.
This exhibition will showcase artwork from throughout the last decade, that includes works drawn fully from the museum’s everlasting collections.
This exhibition was made doable by the Annenberg Basis Fund for Main Exhibitions, Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Exhibition Fund, Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky Set up and Exhibition Fund, Laura and William C. Buck Endowment for Exhibitions, the Heart for American Artwork on the Philadelphia Museum of Artwork, The Ladies’s Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Artwork, Gloria and Jack Drosdick Fund for Particular Exhibitions, Zoë S. Pappas, Barbara A. Podell and Mark G. Singer, Garrett G. Snider, and different beneficiant supporters.