Rodeo-Pickup Man
Frank Mechau, Rodeo-Pickup Man, about 1930. Oil on canvas: 31 3/4 x 39 3/10 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Anne Evans, 1935.9. © Frank Mechau
Frank Mechau was one of many American artists who trained abroad during the early 1900s but ultimately turned their attention to the specificities of America’s diverse geographic regions and cultures. Over the course of the 1920s and 1930s, these artists painted depictions of everyday life using the modern techniques then in style, such as the flattening of space and simplification of forms, as seen here.
Frank Mechau fue uno de muchos artistas estadounidenses que se formaron en el extranjero a comienzos del siglo XX, pero a la larga volcó su atención a las especificidades de las diversas culturas y regiones geográficas de Estados Unidos. En el transcurso de los años 20 y 30, estos artistas pintaron retratos de la vida cotidiana con las técnicas modernas que en aquel momento estaban de moda, como el aplanamiento del espacio y la simplificación de las formas, como se puede apreciar aquí.
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