International Inspirations

These paintings from the collection of Georgia Museum of Art board member and art collector Barbara Guillaume span the period from 1878 to 1940. Although the works vary in subject, genre and style, they share similar origins, particularly an exposure to international artistic movements and a growing rejection of academic standards. In Europe, American artists learned new techniques and styles, some of which helped shape modern movements in the United States. Works by Charles Courtney Curran and Alice Schille demonstrate the impact of Asian and Latin American aesthetics on American artists during the first decades of the 1900s. These artists also found a sense of belonging and open-mindedness in foreign artistic circles and independent academies, which reshaped the artistic networks, systems of artistic training and exhibitions of the US for the following century.

Curators
Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, and Meghan Gerig, University of Georgia class of 2021