Winold Reiss is an expert painter, illustrator, graphic and interior designer, and master of decorative arts. Reiss is credited for bringing the European Modernist sensibility to the American Public through visual culture and cementing it in daily life. This exhibit was an intimate look at the work of Reiss. His portraits include images of figures like Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Other items on display include pieces from his interior design work that occupied the Hotel St. George as well as his graphic design for menus, calendars, books, and advertising.
The Art of Winold Reiss is curated by Marilyn Satin Kushner, curator of prints, photographs, and architectural collections, and Debra Schmidt Bach, curator of decorative arts and special exhibitions, with contributions from Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, senior curator of American art.
