1940 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting
Nov 27, 1940–Jan 8, 1941
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Artists
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Edmund Archer
3 works in the collection -
John Atherton
1 work in the collection -
A. S. Baylinson
5 exhibitions -
Gifford R. Beal
10 works in the collection -
Cecil C. Bell
2 works in the collection -
Thomas Hart Benton
32 works in the collection -
Saul Berman
5 exhibitions -
George Biddle
18 works in the collection -
Henry Billings
7 works in the collection -
Isabel Bishop
74 works in the collection -
Harold Black
3 exhibitions -
Arnold Blanch
6 works in the collection -
Lucile Blanch
15 works in the collection -
Aaron Bohrod
10 works in the collection -
Louis Bouché
6 works in the collection -
Manuel Bromberg
1 exhibition -
Alexander Brook
9 works in the collection -
Edith Bry
1 exhibition -
Audrey Buller
1 work in the collection -
Charles Burchfield
38 works in the collection -
Paul Burlin
13 works in the collection -
David Burliuk
6 works in the collection -
Andrew Butler
3 works in the collection -
Paul Cadmus
11 works in the collection -
John Carroll
3 works in the collection -
Clarence Holbrook Carter
5 works in the collection -
Federico Castellón
97 works in the collection -
Daniel R. Celentano
1 work in the collection -
Francis Celentano
1 work in the collection -
Francis Chapin
7 exhibitions -
Nicolai Cikovsky
1 work in the collection -
Paul Lewis Clemens
1 work in the collection -
Jon Corbino
1 work in the collection -
Russell Cowles
9 exhibitions -
Ralston Crawford
229 works in the collection -
Francis Criss
3 works in the collection -
John Steuart Curry
13 works in the collection -
Lewis C. Daniel
34 works in the collection -
Randall Davey
21 works in the collection -
Stuart Davis
27 works in the collection -
Horace Day
9 exhibitions -
Julio de Diego
1 work in the collection -
John Stockton deMartelly
5 works in the collection -
Lamar Dodd
1 work in the collection -
Olin Dows
3 exhibitions -
Otis Dozier
2 works in the collection -
Werner Drewes
6 works in the collection -
Guy Pène Du Bois
56 works in the collection -
Yvonne Du Bois
3 exhibitions -
Emlen Etting
2 works in the collection -
Philip Evergood
12 works in the collection -
Dean Fausett
2 works in the collection -
Lyonel Feininger
7 works in the collection -
Ernest Fiene
19 works in the collection -
Mary Fife
2 works in the collection -
Tully Filmus
1 work in the collection -
Vaughn Flannery
2 exhibitions -
David Fredenthal
1 work in the collection -
Karl Free
11 works in the collection -
Don Freeman
9 works in the collection -
Jared French
29 works in the collection -
Emil Ganso
26 works in the collection -
Oronzo Gasparo
10 exhibitions -
E. Bart Gerald
1 work in the collection -
Marshall Glasier
4 exhibitions -
Lloyd Lozes Goff
2 works in the collection -
Arshile Gorky
11 works in the collection -
Adolph Gottlieb
11 works in the collection -
William Gropper
77 works in the collection -
George Grosz
8 works in the collection -
Louis Guglielmi
4 works in the collection -
Robert Gwathmey
2 works in the collection -
Marsden Hartley
19 works in the collection -
Bertram Hartman
3 works in the collection -
Harry Hering
3 works in the collection -
Stefan Hirsch
6 works in the collection -
Edward Hopper
3,152 works in the collection -
Peter Hurd
1 work in the collection -
Joe Jones
4 works in the collection -
Mervin Jules
4 works in the collection -
Morris Kantor
14 works in the collection -
Bernard Karfiol
9 works in the collection -
Paul Kelpe
2 works in the collection -
Rockwell Kent
44 works in the collection -
Elenora Kissel
1 exhibition -
Michael Klein
1 exhibition -
John Koch
4 works in the collection -
Walt Kuhn
17 works in the collection -
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
77 works in the collection -
Richard Lahey
6 works in the collection -
Edward Laning
6 works in the collection -
Lawrence H. Lebduska
5 exhibitions -
Doris Lee
16 exhibitions -
Julian Levi
3 works in the collection -
Jack Levine
5 works in the collection -
Charles Locke
18 works in the collection -
John Ward Lockwood
5 works in the collection -
Frank London
3 exhibitions -
Molly Luce
1 work in the collection -
Luigi Lucioni
13 works in the collection -
Peppino Gino Mangravite
6 works in the collection -
George Marinko
4 exhibitions -
Reginald Marsh
188 works in the collection -
Fletcher Martin
4 works in the collection -
Henry Mattson
6 works in the collection -
Jan Matulka
12 works in the collection -
William Ashby McCloy
1 exhibition -
Henry Lee McFee
7 works in the collection -
Austin Mecklem
2 works in the collection -
Felicia Meyer
2 works in the collection -
Herbert Meyer
2 works in the collection -
Harriette G. Miller
3 works in the collection -
Kenneth Hayes Miller
134 works in the collection -
Patrick Morgan
1 exhibition -
Jerome Myers
10 works in the collection -
Frank Osborn
1 exhibition -
William C. Palmer
2 works in the collection -
Joseph Pandolfini
1 exhibition -
Fred Papsdorf
2 works in the collection -
Lloyd Parsons
1 work in the collection -
Waldo Peirce
1 work in the collection -
Joseph Pollet
4 works in the collection -
Henry Varnum Poor
2 works in the collection -
Gregorio Prestopino
2 works in the collection -
Walter Quirt
1 work in the collection -
Harold Rabinovitz
1 exhibition -
Anton Refregier
2 works in the collection -
Edna Reindel
5 exhibitions -
Louis Ribak
4 works in the collection -
Boardman Robinson
9 works in the collection -
Paul Rohland
5 works in the collection -
Paul Starrett Sample
2 works in the collection -
Patsy Santo
2 exhibitions -
Louis Schanker
11 works in the collection -
Saul Schary
11 exhibitions -
Katherine Schmidt
11 works in the collection -
Henry Schnakenberg
12 works in the collection -
Georges Schreiber
13 works in the collection -
Zoltan Sepeshy
13 exhibitions -
Daniel Serra
1 exhibition -
Ben Shahn
13 works in the collection -
Frederick Emanuel Shane
1 work in the collection -
Charles Sheeler
31 works in the collection -
Henrietta Shore
1 work in the collection -
Clyde Singer
2 exhibitions -
Mitchell Siporin
5 works in the collection -
John Sloan
164 works in the collection -
Lawrence Beal Smith
1 work in the collection -
Moses Soyer
5 works in the collection -
Raphael Soyer
50 works in the collection -
Niles Spencer
6 works in the collection -
Bernard Joseph Steffen
1 work in the collection -
Harry Sternberg
19 works in the collection -
Maurice Sterne
14 works in the collection -
Chuzo Tamotzu
2 exhibitions -
Manuel J. Tolegian
4 exhibitions -
Bradley Walker Tomlin
6 works in the collection -
Dorothy Varian
6 works in the collection -
Joseph P. Vorst
4 exhibitions -
Franklin C. Watkins
3 works in the collection -
Nan Watson
7 works in the collection -
Max Weber
14 works in the collection -
Harold Weston
1 work in the collection -
Esther Williams
10 exhibitions -
Zsissly
2 works in the collection
In the News
“It goes without saying that the exhibition is alive with contrasts. A Whitney annual can always be counted upon for that virtue.” —The New York Times
“The exhibition [. . .] is consistently interesting, if not phenomenal or stupendous.” —The New York Times
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