Thoughts on painters painting

Even though the film did seem a little long winded, it did give us an honest look into a past generation that we've simply had very little exposure to. We often read of the past or see specials on T.V. and in documentaries that references the past but rarely is the window opened to us to experience the past as they would have seen it, as to say from their perspective. For me, looking through this window into the past, it gave a since of already having an answer but to questions I never realized were asked. In the documentary, an arching theme was the question "what is american art?" With the early artists striving to find that identity and separate themselves from what was considered western modern art. I found the progression of the variety of differing styles interesting and the fact that there were multiple types of art all evolving at the same time. In my opinion it is this variety that becomes the identity of american art, something not limited to one style or theme but an expression of diversity. It is only fitting that american art is a reflection of america itself being defined by its variety and diversity.