The Vanguard: Central European Emigres and American Modern Design, 1910-1940

by Christopher Long and Jewel Stern

An insightful and beautifully illustrated new perspective on the role of Central European migr artists, architects, and designers on American modernism

While the history of modernism in the United States is often seen as having roots in French art moderne, Jewel Stern and Christopher Long instead argue that Central European migr designers had an outsized impact on the formation of a uniquely American modernism. The Vanguard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300278780
• ISBN13: 9780300278781
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages