Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	A cartoon criticizing abstract art and artists, showing a family walking away from the modern art pieces to the older paintings, saying that they can understand those. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Image Access WideTEK 25 George Washington by G. Stuart. Whistlers Mother. Wyeth--The Woman Doctor. Art Section, United States National Exhibition in Moscow, Russia. These shuchka we can understand! When committee of Congress Un-American activities criticized the artists and art chosen--the President and others suggested such as above be added... Rem... Levine Welcome Home. Nyet--is by grown peoples. Not by children like us? Said 34 or 67 artists were--or had been Commies. [in margins: Why Further Distort Their Ideas Of Us! Evansville, Indiana, Courier 7/10/1959. For Friday--7 inch. K. When our local museum took to these as did all, KKK lost interest in the top art world, painters, and the museum.]
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/3543
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
Copyright:	Digital Image Copyright 2014 University of Evansville Libraries. All rights reserved. All other material is open to the public without restrictions. Copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) govern the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Subjects:	Genre Scene Recreation Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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