Except for the woman, nothing interests the eye of the American man more than the automobile, or seems so important to him… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Appreciation Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the history of art it is possible to describe a period or a generation of artists as having been obsessed… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Art Copy Share Image
While majority opinion may not take kindly to forms of modern art, that same majority has also been hostile to most original… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Airplane Copy Share Image
The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Audacious Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of the Museum is to help people enjoy, understand, and use the visual arts of our time. — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Art Copy Share Image
As a movement Cubism had consistently stopped short of complete abstraction. Heretics such as Delaunay had painted pure abstractions but in so… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Abstraction Copy Share Image
The non-geometric biomorphic forms of Arp and Miro and Moore are definitely in the ascendant. The formal tradition of Gauguin, Fauvism and… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Cezanne Copy Share Image
