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| Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, The Soul of the Soulless City (`New York - an Abstraction'),
1920. © Tate 2003 |
About this artwork
Nevinson first visited New York in 1919 and stayed for a month. He was very impressed
by New York’s architecture and made many sketches of the city, some of which
were later made up into paintings and prints.
Nevinson painted this picture when he returned to London. The painting shows an
imaginary section of the elevated railway running through Manhattan. The railway
line recedes dramatically into a cluster of skyscrapers. The angular shapes and
muted brown and grey colours suggest the speed and technology of the modern city.
Why do you think Nevinson has decided not to include any people?
This painting is on display at Tate Modern. |
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