Date of Award
Fall 1-5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Emily Braun
Second Advisor
Katherine Manthorne
Academic Program Adviser
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Abstract
This thesis explores the work of Rebecca Salsbury James and its contributions to the development of interwar modernism in the United States. Using mediums traditionally employed by folk artists, reverse painting on glass and the colcha stitch, James expressed her interest in quality and simplicity with a proto-feminist sensibility.
Recommended Citation
Seabolt, Caroline, "Quality and Simplicity: Rebecca Salsbury James, Folk Art, and Modernism in the United States" (2021). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/660