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Introduction
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One day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself–I can’t live where I want to–I can’t go where I want to go–I can’t do what I want to–I can’t even say what I want to–...I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1923

The first half of the 20th century saw great technological, philosophical and artistic changes. The airplane and the automobile, Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, Marie Curie’s discovery of radium, Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis, the Great Depression, and World War I altered the way people experienced the world around them.
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•  1900
    Sigmund Freud publishes The
    Interpretation of Dreams
•  1901
    Ragtime jazz develops in the United
    States
•  1901-1966
    Alberto Giacometti (Swiss)
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Self Portrait - by Alice Bailey
 
Alice Bailly
Self-Portrait, 1917

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Study for Portugal by Sonia Delauney
 
Sonia Delaunay
Study for "Portugal", ca. 1937

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Alligator Pears in a Basket - by Georgia O'Keefe
 
Georgia O'Keeffe
Alligator Pears in a Basket, 1921

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Self Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky - by Frida Kahlo
 
Frida Kahlo
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky, 1937

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De Generacion en Generacion - by Lola Alvarez Bravo
 
Lola Álvarez Bravo
De Generación en Generación, ca. 1950

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Singing Their Songs - by Elizabeth Catlett
 
Elizabeth Catlett
Singing Their Songs, 1992

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