Francis Hyman Criss (1901 - 1973) was an American painter. Criss's style is associated with the American Precisionists like Charles Demuth and his friend Charles Sheeler.
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The work from his best-known years, the 1930s and 1940s, is characterized by imagery of the urban environment, such as elevated subway tracks, skyscrapers, streets, and bridges. Criss rendered these subjects with a streamlined, abstracted style, devoid of human figures, that led him to be associated with the Precisionism movement. With distorted perspectives and dream-like juxtapositions, as in Jefferson Market Courthouse (1935), these empty cityscapes also suggest the influence of Surrealism.[citation needed]
A turn towards more commercial work later in his career—including a November 1942 cover for Fortune Magazine—led to a decline in his reputation.[citation needed] Criss died in 1973 in New York City.[1]
In 2021 Criss' painting Alma Sewing was featured in an essay by the art critic Sebastian Smee in the Washington Post. Smee considers Alma Sewing to be Criss' finest work.[6] The painting in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.[7]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Francis Criss". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"City Landscape". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Waterfront". Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Words and Music of Two Hemispheres". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Francis Criss | Astor Place". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^Smee, Sebastian. "Francis Criss painted 'Alma Sewing' as a study of composure, and unruliness". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Alma Sewing". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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January 01, 1970
francis, criss, francis, hyman, criss, 1901, 1973, american, painter, criss, style, associated, with, american, precisionists, like, charles, demuth, friend, charles, sheeler, criss, studio, 1940bornfrancis, hyman, criss1901, 1901, london, englanddied1973, age. Francis Hyman Criss 1901 1973 was an American painter Criss s style is associated with the American Precisionists like Charles Demuth and his friend Charles Sheeler Francis CrissCriss in his studio in 1940BornFrancis Hyman Criss1901 1901 London EnglandDied1973 aged 71 72 New York City USNationalityAmericanEducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Art Students League of New York Barnes FoundationKnown forPaintingMovementPrecisionismAwardsGuggenheim Fellowship Waterfront 1940 Detroit Institute of Arts Francis Criss John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Retrieved 3 September 2021 lt ref gt The work from his best known years the 1930s and 1940s is characterized by imagery of the urban environment such as elevated subway tracks skyscrapers streets and bridges Criss rendered these subjects with a streamlined abstracted style devoid of human figures that led him to be associated with the Precisionism movement With distorted perspectives and dream like juxtapositions as in Jefferson Market Courthouse 1935 these empty cityscapes also suggest the influence of Surrealism citation needed A turn towards more commercial work later in his career including a November 1942 cover for Fortune Magazine led to a decline in his reputation citation needed Criss died in 1973 in New York City 1 His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum 2 the Detroit Institute of Arts 3 the Philadelphia Museum of Art 4 the Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 and the Whitney Museum of American Art 5 In 2021 Criss painting Alma Sewing was featured in an essay by the art critic Sebastian Smee in the Washington Post Smee considers Alma Sewing to be Criss finest work 6 The painting in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia 7 References edit a b Francis Criss Smithsonian American Art Museum Retrieved 3 September 2021 City Landscape Brooklyn Museum Retrieved 3 September 2021 Waterfront Detroit Institute of Arts Retrieved 3 September 2021 Words and Music of Two Hemispheres Philadelphia Museum of Art Retrieved 3 September 2021 Francis Criss Astor Place Whitney Museum of American Art Retrieved 3 September 2021 Smee Sebastian Francis Criss painted Alma Sewing as a study of composure and unruliness Washington Post Retrieved 3 September 2021 Alma Sewing High Museum of Art Retrieved 3 September 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis Criss images of Criss work from the Whitney Museum of American Art images of Criss work on ArtNet Online Monograph Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis Criss amp oldid 1179329601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
