Panorama: Everett Shinn and The Eight

A member of The Eight – a group of American modernists at the turn of the century dedicated to artistic individuality and a philosophical commitment to creativity – Everett Shinn is best known for his paintings of gritty scenes of urban poor and vaudeville stages. A lover of theater, music, and performance of all kinds, Shinn embraced the decorative alongside the debased, and throughout his long career he created works on paper, canvas, furnishings, architecture, even pianos and stage sets, that engaged with a raucous decorative aesthetic often termed Rococo revival. Members can register for this virtual program to listen and learn from Avis Berman, author, curator, and American art historian as she will be presenting on Shinn and the Eight. Ms. Berman is the author of numerous books including Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art; James McNeill Whistler; and Edward Hopper’s New York.  Members will receive the Zoom link in the program event confirmation via email. 

Avis Berman is an independent writer, critic, and art historian. She has written countless articles on American painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, design, architecture, and the social history of the visual arts for a broad range of publications including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Saturday Review, The Boston Book Review, American Art, ARTnews, The San Francisco Examiner, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, Art in America, Art & Antiques, House & Garden, and Architectural Digest. In addition to authoring biographies on artists Edward Hopper, Roy Lichtenstein and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Berman is also the author of the acclaimed Rebels on Eighth Street: Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art.