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I n the late 1800s and early 1900s in America, artists mostly painted portraits and paintings of the upper class using the technique of oil paint. They wanted their paintings to be seen as very sophisticated and elegant. Even in pictures of landscapes they would make everything very classy looking. To get all of these ideas, they would look at the work of French impressionists and base their work off of them.

Also, in the west, American artists were always painting pictures of native Americans. When the native Americans were defeated they still went on with painting picture of their ceremonies and rituals. The westerners were fascinated with this type of painting

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1920s In the 1920s, architects were starting to appear more and more. A lot of skyscrapers were now made during this time. The first actual skyscrapers that were successful was the Woolworth building in New York and The Wrigley building in Chicago. These buildings showed the improvement in architecture because these buildings were so beautifully made and very modern at the same time.

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html

A famous artist of the 1920s was the painter Georgia O'Keefe. She was famous for her extraordinary paintings of flowers. She sent some of her work to a friend in New York. Her friend then thought that her paintings were so good that she sent the artwork to a photographer and before Georgia knew it, she had her own exhibition. More and more people started to notice her work and everyone was in love with her still lifes of flowers and even sometimes landscapes of cities. O'Keefe got most of her inspiration when she traveled to New Mexico. She immediately fell in love with all of the sites and landscapes she found there. She returned there every year after that year to get more wonderful ideas for more paintings.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/georgia-okeeffe/about-the-painter/55/

The major art style during this time was art deco. This style influenced the worlds art in the 1920s, first starting with Europe, then later traveling to the US in the late 20s. It affected a lot of different areas in art such as architecture, jewelry, fashion, interior design, Film, and graphic design. Artists used materials such as aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebraskin for this type of art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco http://www.1920-30.com/art/