TR ANSCENDENTAL PAINTING GROUP Florence Miller Pierce (American, 1918–2007), Blue Forms, 1942. Oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 34 in. Collection of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, New York.
Raymond Jonson (American, 1891–1982), Oil No. 2, 1942. Oil on canvas, 42 x 36 in. Crocker Art Museum Purchase, George and Bea Gibson Fund with contributions from Barbara and William Hyland and Loren G. Lipson, M.D., 2015.25.
Transcending Landscapes New Mexico painters formed the genre
T Robert Gribbroek (American, 1906–1971), Composition #57 / Pattern 29, 1938. Oil on canvas, 36 x 27 in. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Harriet and Maurice Gregg Collection of American Abstract Art, 2019.42.
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SUMMER 2021
Art. History. People.
HE TRAVELLING EXHIBITION ANOTHER WORLD:
Tulsa, New York, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.
THE TRANSCENDENTAL
PAINTING GROUP FEATURES
The Transcendental Painting Group (TPG), formed in 1938, transformed the
APPROXIMATELY 90 WORKS. Seven
dramatic natural surroundings of the
works plus a series of watercolor/
Southwest into luminous reflections of
gouache come from the Albuquerque
the human spirit. Under the guidance of
Museum permanent collection.
New Mexico painters Raymond Jonson
Organized by the Crocker Art Museum
and Emil Bisttram, artists Agnes Pelton,
in Sacramento, this major exhibition of a
Lawren Harris, Florence Miller Pierce,
New Mexico-based art movement comes
Horace Pierce, Robert Gribbroek, William
to Albuquerque first, and then travels to
Lumpkins, Dane Rudhyar, Stuart Walker,
