Winold Reiss and the Congo Room— 1st Tiki Bar ? A Tiki Bar before they were called that - General Tiki

PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1701	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Tue, Sep 27, 2022 7:00 PM Thanks for the rabbit hole. Very interesting…. I think you bring up an interesting point that ties into the Armory show and the modern art being produced in Europe at that point. America is introduced to modern art here in mass, but German artist Winold Reiss would have probably been aware of cubism, primitive, etc. No doubt he’d find great interest in an exhibit like that… https://www.wnyc.org/story/255303-culture-shock-1913/ https://www.aaa.si.edu/collection-features/1913-armory-show Gauguin did exhibit at this event… Far right on the floor plan. The Congo Room mural would be in similar tints one imagines. Reiss’s other mural work is quite vibrant. [ Edited by Phillip Roberts on 2022-09-30 21:39:00 ]

Thanks for the rabbit hole. Very interesting….

I think you bring up an interesting point that ties into the Armory show and the modern art being produced in Europe at that point. America is introduced to modern art here in mass, but German artist Winold Reiss would have probably been aware of cubism, primitive, etc. No doubt he’d find great interest in an exhibit like that…

https://www.wnyc.org/story/255303-culture-shock-1913/

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collection-features/1913-armory-show

Gauguin did exhibit at this event… Far right on the floor plan.

The Congo Room mural would be in similar tints one imagines. Reiss’s other mural work is quite vibrant.

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[ Edited by Phillip Roberts on 2022-09-30 21:39:00 ]

Post #805780 by Phillip Roberts on Tue, Sep 27, 2022 7:00 PM