Leon Dabo
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Leon Dabo was an American tonalist landscape artist best known for his paintings of New York State, particularly the Hudson Valley. His paintings were known for their feeling of spaciousness, with lar
Dabo in 1909, photo by E.O. Hoppé
Flowers in a Green Vase, Pastel
Evening on the Hudson (1909), oil on canvas. This painting won a prize from the National Arts Club.
Leon Dabo in his Brooklyn studio, ca. 1910, from the Archives of American Art
Armory Show
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The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in
Leon Dabo
…Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Dabo was a principal organizer of the International Exhibition of Modern Art in 1913, better known as the Armory Show. He hosted several of its earliest meetings in his studio, but he was back in Europe before the show opened. During World War I, the multilingual Dabo…
Armory show button, 1913
Armory Show poster
Drawing by John French Sloan, entitled "A slight attack of third dimentia brought on by excessive study of the much-talked of cubist pictures in the International Exhibition at New York.", April 1913. Compare There Was a Crooked Man
69th Regiment Armory in 2008