Discuss the American art scene during the 1920s, as well as important works.

The 1920s in the United States were a time of overall prosperity.  The United States had survived The Great War (World War I) and the horrific Spanish influenza epidemic that had swept through the world.  The 1920s were a fresh start.  Visual arts flourished during this time.  

The art deco style became popular in the 1920s.  Art deco style incorporated many different geometric shapes.  In architecture, these shapes were used with metals, such as...

The 1920s in the United States were a time of overall prosperity.  The United States had survived The Great War (World War I) and the horrific Spanish influenza epidemic that had swept through the world.  The 1920s were a fresh start.  Visual arts flourished during this time.  

The art deco style became popular in the 1920s.  Art deco style incorporated many different geometric shapes.  In architecture, these shapes were used with metals, such as aluminum and chrome.

City Night was a famous piece by Georgia O'Keeffe from the mid-1920s.  O'Keefe was an important painter during this time period.  Norman Rockwell created illustrations for a Boy Scouts calendar during the 1920s.  

A realist style became popular among many American artists.  This style depicted candid scenes from every day life.  Grant Wood, who would later paint the iconic American Gothic, painted Woman with Plants in the late 1920s.  It depicted his mother holding plants. Edward Hopper's well known painting called Automat was also painted in the late 1920s.  This painting showed a lone woman, sitting at a table at an automat in the evening.

Many painters came out of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s.  Aaron Douglass was a painter who created such works as The New Negro.  His paintings depicted layers of shadowy silhouettes.