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Wright, Willard Huntington

Wright, Willard Huntington (1888)   Reference library

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

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Current Version:
2011
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Art & Architecture
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295 words

...lectured on modern art. His last art book was The Future of Painting (New York, 1923 ). [ See also Macdonald-Wright, Stanton , and Synchromism . ] Bibliography G. Levin : Synchromism and American Color Abstraction, 1910–1925 (New York, 1978) W. C. Agee : “ Willard Huntington Wright and the Synchromists: Notes on the Forum Exhibition, ” Archvs Amer. A.J. , xxiv/2 (1984), pp. 10–5 J. Loughery : “ Charles Caffin and Willard Huntington Wright, Advocates of Modern Art, ” Arts Magazine [prev. pubd as Arts [New York]; A. Dig.] , lix/5 (1985), pp. 103–9 A....

Wright, Willard Huntington

Wright, Willard Huntington (1888–1939)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
225 words

..., Willard Huntington ( 1888–1939 ). Art critic Also a fiction writer and literary critic and historian. In three significant books championing modern art, Modern Painting: Its Tendency and Meaning ( 1915 ), The Creative Will: Studies in the Philosophy and the Syntax of Aesthetics ( 1916 ), and The Future of Painting ( 1923 ), he reflected the thinking of his brother, Stanton Macdonald-Wright . Like his brother born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and transplanted to California, he attended several colleges and worked as a writer in Los Angeles...

Wright, Willard Huntington

Wright, Willard Huntington   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6 ed.)

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Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Literature
Length:
156 words

..., Willard Huntington ( 1888–1939 ), born in Virginia, was educated in California and at Harvard and became an editor of The Smart Set ( 1913–14 ), distinguishing himself as a sophisticated student of esoteric subjects. His writings, during this period in New York and a residence in Europe, included Europe After 8:15 ( 1913 ), in collaboration with H.L. Mencken and G.J. Nathan , co-editors of The Smart Set; What Nietzsche Taught ( 1914 ); Modern Painting ( 1915 ); and The Future of Painting ( 1923 ). In 1925 he suffered a serious illness, and,...

Wright, Willard Huntington

Wright, Willard Huntington (1888–1939)   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (3 ed.)

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Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Art & Architecture
Length:
317 words

..., Willard Huntington ( 1888–1939 ) American art and literary critic and novelist , brother of the painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright . He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, grew up in California, and studied at Harvard University. In 1912 he moved to New York, where he worked as a journalist, and in 1913 (soon after seeing the Armory Show ) he joined his brother in Paris, where he lived for the next two years. One of the first articles he sent back from Paris was ‘Impressionism to Synchromism ’ ( The Forum , December 1913 ), in which he...

Willard Huntington Wright

Willard Huntington Wright  

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(1888–1939),born in Virginia, was educated in California and at Harvard and became an editor of The Smart Set (1913–14), distinguishing himself as a sophisticated student of esoteric subjects. His ...
Forensic Pathologist

Forensic Pathologist  

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In the real world of homicide, it is not uncommon that the identity of the assailant quickly becomes known, the assailant having informed the police of the occurrence and details ...
Silly-Ass Sleuth

Silly-Ass Sleuth  

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The silly-ass sleuth is primarily a creation of the British Golden Age mystery novelists. These private detectives or amateur sleuths are distinguished by foppish demeanor and appearance. The most ...
Forum Exhibition

Forum Exhibition  

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An exhibition arranged in New York in 1916 by the critic Willard Huntington Wright with the support of the magazine Forum, to which he was a regular contributor. The purpose of the exhibition was to ...
Stanton Macdonald-Wright

Stanton Macdonald-Wright  

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(b Charlottesville, Va., 8 July 1890; d Pacific Palisades, nr. Los Angeles, 22 Aug. 1973).American painter, designer, and experimental artist, remembered chiefly as a pioneer of abstract art. In 1907 ...
Gentleman Sleuth

Gentleman Sleuth  

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The term “gentleman,” when used to modify “sleuth,” may denote the character's position in the upper class or connote that the detective is a true amateur. The two attributes—being of ...
Impossible Crime

Impossible Crime  

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The first mystery story was an impossible crime; in Edgar Allan Poe's “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Apr. 1841) two women are murdered in ...
Pontificators

Pontificators  

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Authors whose works were instrumental in the growth, development, and consolidation of the genre of crime writing were inevitably soon followed by writers who wished to establish a framework within ...
Legal Procedural

Legal Procedural  

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A type of novel that shows lawyers engaged in the business of law. It is likely to have a lawyer as detective and at some stage may take the reader ...
Locked Room Mystery

Locked Room Mystery  

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Stories began with Edgar Allan Poe's “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, April 1841), in which the murderer had managed to leave a victim in ...
Narrative Theory

Narrative Theory  

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Every literary genre subscribes to a particular narrative theory (sometimes to more than one) and adheres to a specific set of narrative conventions. Formula fiction, as its name suggests, is ...
Publishing, History of Book

Publishing, History of Book  

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The forms of popular genres, as much as their fortunes, have been determined by marketing decisions made by publishers. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins began its effective life in 1868 ...
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slick  

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A high-quality proof of an advertisement printed on glossy paper which is suitable for reproduction.
Time is of the Essence.

Time is of the Essence.  

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A preoccupation with time is at the heart of detective fiction, much of which is a kind of contest between author and reader. For the contest to be worthwhile, an ...
Aristocratic Characters

Aristocratic Characters  

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In crime and mystery fiction, aristocratic characters are most likely to be found in detective novels and stories that follow the Golden Age traditions, as well as in the adventure ...
Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers  

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(1884–1933),born in Ohio, educated at Harvard, became a journalist in Boston and later won fame as a popular novelist and playwright. He is best known for his Seven Keys ...

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