The scene is one of surrender, and upon closer inspection, becomes quite impossible. What is the name of a large painting that shows the triumph of one school over another?

cydonia325

"The Triumph of the New York School" (Mark Tansey, 1984) http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=a&a=i&ID=1216 This painting measures 10 feet in length 6 feet in height. Tansey depicted his vision of the conquest of the American Abstract Expressionism over that of the traditional Paris School. The Americans are shown wearing WWII uniforms, while the French are attired in WWI uniforms. This painting hangs in the Whitney Museum, in New York City. Mar 14 08, 2:58 AM

cydonia325

Here is a link from the Encylopedia Britannica to an image of this rather unique painting. http://tinyurl.com/yqv3dd Note Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Henri Breton, as French officers, along side a rather Napoleonic looking French cavalry unit. They are "surrendering" to the movement led by Jackson Pollock and influential art critic Harold Rosenberg. The Americans are also in possession of tanks and modern munitions. Mar 14 08, 4:14 AM

queproblema

Exactly, Cydonia. Yay for you! Here are more comments about this intriguing work executed in 1984. http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=a&a=i&ID=1216 Mar 14 08, 7:41 AM