1915, Max Weber, Athletic Contest -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Like Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Weber was among the earliest American artists to respond to the European avant-garde. Weber's depiction of track-and-field events utilizes the fractured and repeated forms of Cubism and Italian Futurism to evoke heroic masculinity. The composition conveys the great energy that the athletes' activities generate. Within the commotion the artist left clues to the event: a few runners in numbered jerseys, a pole vaulter in a blue-striped uniform, and colorful flags decorating the outdoor setting.
1915, Max Weber, Athletic Contest -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Like Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), Weber was among the earliest American artists to respond to the European avant-garde. Weber's depiction of track-and-field events utilizes the fractured and repeated forms of Cubism and Italian Futurism to evoke heroic masculinity. The composition conveys the great energy that the athletes' activities generate. Within the commotion the artist left clues to the event: a few runners in numbered jerseys, a pole vaulter in a blue-striped uniform, and colorful flags decorating the outdoor setting.