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The Cathedrals of Art
1942 · Oil on canvas
60 1/4 × 50 1/4 in. (153 × 127.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Florine Stettheimer
Artist
PaintingArt Deco
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
64
Works in Collection
123
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
90%
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- • Art Deco
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973–1974
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Ways of Looking
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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From the Museum Collections: Family Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964–1965
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Portraits from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
About
Why this artist matters now
Florine Stettheimer was an American painter and set designer who created densely layered, jewel-toned compositions depicting Manhattan's social and cultural life in the early twentieth century. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she developed a distinctive visual language that combined Art Deco geometry with theatrical exuberance and a witty, observational eye. Her paintings and stage designs occupied a singular position between modernism and decorative arts, informed by her involvement in New York's literary and artistic circles. Stettheimer's work remained largely undervalued during her lifetime but has since been recognized for its formal sophistication and satirical intelligence. She died in New York in 1944.
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New York, US
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