THE WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK SCHOOLS OF COLOR

Approved for Release: 2021/01/29 C06797578 The Washington and New York Schools of Color The Washington School of Color, represented by many of the paintings in the New Headquarters Building, belongs to a period in American modernism immediately following World War II; its lineage can be traced, however, to 19th century Europe, especially France. During that period, art was set in a radically different direction, in part due to: - the industrial revolution, which created a middle class that not o...