Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered reintroduced a singular self-taught artist of the 1930s and 1940s to contemporary audiences.
Celebrated as one of the year’s best by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Hyperallergic, the exhibition represents the most comprehensive gathering of Hirshfield’s work ever assembled. It featured over 40 of the self-taught artist’s paintings, including iconic works such as Girl with Flowers, Stage Beauties, Parliamentary Buildings, and Inseparable Friends.
Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered was curated by Richard Meyer, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor of Art History at Stanford University. Susan Davidson served as curatorial advisor to the exhibition. Valérie Rousseau, the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM)’s Senior Curator of Self-Taught Art and Art Brut, was the show’s coordinating curator.
- Exhibition Website
- Symposium Recording: "Unexpected Partners: Self-Taught Art and Modernism in Interwar America"
- Press: "Morris Hirshfield Rises Again," by Roberta Smith, The New York Times
- Press: "The Enduring Appeal of the Self-Taught Artist," by Max Lakin, T Magazine
- Press: "‘Morris Hirshfield Rediscovered’ Review: Idiosyncratic Shapes," by Karen Wilkin, The Wall Street Journal