The American Vanguard Exhibitions in Europe

Abstract

Although the eventual impact of an exhibition may be difficult to assess from the initial reactions of viewers, as the eleven-month tour of the American Vanguard Painting exhibition reached its end it became apparent that this show merited serious consideration. (The tour began in Vienna, Austria, in June 1961, had six showings in the federated republics of Yugoslavia and then proceeded to England and Germany, with a final showing in May, 1962). Those of us connected with it began to suspect it might be as important to some European painters, particularly the deep-feeling Yugoslavs, as the 1913 Armory show was to Americans.