The Art Of The Expat

“The histories of American writers and composers who went to Paris between the world wars have been examined so frequently that it’s almost unthinkable the same should not have been true for artists. But [a] new exhibition at the Terra Museum of American Art, purports to be the first to examine the phenomenon in all its diversity, and that has made for a complex, often revelatory experience.” American artists drawn to Paris for its comparatively eclectic style and freedom of artistic thought “defined themselves by looking to currents outside their native country even after they returned home, as nearly all of them did.”