{"id":427421,"date":"2025-05-23T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=427421"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:17:04","slug":"1940s-design-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/1940s-design-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Exhibition Spotlights the Nuance of 1940s Art and Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1940sDesignShow.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">clockwise from left, a Charles and Ray Eames La Chaise, George Nakashima grass-seated chair<strong> <\/strong>and Norman Bell Geddes&#8217;s Patriot Radio, Model FC-400. Images courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With World War II raging for the first half of the decade, the 1940s were a time of immense strife. Still, even with the constraints of the period, artists and designers continued to experiment, generating ideas and creating objects and ideas that remain potent today. Such is the thesis of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/press.philamuseum.org\/boom-art-and-design-in-the-1940s\/\">Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition on view at Philadelphia Museum of Art through September 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show spans visual art, fashion design, furniture and technology, including pieces by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/russel-wright\/furniture\/\">Russel Wright<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/charles-and-ray-eames\/furniture\/\">the Eameses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/jackson-pollock\/art\/\">Jackson Pollock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/christian-dior\/fashion\/\">Christian Dior<\/a>. Some of the most compelling works on display, though, are from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/george-nakashima\/furniture\/\">George Nakashima<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/isamu-noguchi\/furniture\/\">Isamu Noguchi<\/a>. After being forced to move to an internment camp in Idaho in the spring of 1942, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/esherick-to-nakashima\/\">Nakashima<\/a> met master carpenter Gentaro Hikogawa. The experience left Nakashima with a deeper understanding of traditional Japanese carpentry. Grass-Seated chair, made in 1946 and on view in the exhibition, reflects the confluence of Japanese craft and American design.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-950x551.jpg\" alt=\"Boom: Art and Design in the 1940\" class=\"wp-image-427712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-950x551.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-604x350.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-120x70.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-2048x1188.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt1940sDesign-1600x928.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/press.philamuseum.org\/boom-art-and-design-in-the-1940s\/\">Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s<\/a>,\u201d is on view at Philadelphia Museum of Art through September 1. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, as an East Coaster, Noguchi wasn\u2019t initially required to go to an internment camp, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/introspective-magazine\/self-interned-1942-at-noguchi-museum\/\">he volunteered himself<\/a> to work at one located in Arizona. His experience in the harsh desert conditions is reflected in numerous pieces, including <em>This Tortured Earth,<\/em> made soon after his return to New York. 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