In the early twentieth century, the Atlanta College of Art fostered the growth of contemporary art in Atlant
In the early twentieth century, the Atlanta College of Art fostered the growth of contemporary art in Atlanta. The High Museum’s Southeastern Annual Exhibition advanced the development of contemporary art in the 1940s through the 1960s, and purchases from the exhibition helped build the Museum’s fledgling art collection. These and other aspects of Atlanta’s visual culture are reflected in the Museum’s growing collection of paintings and drawings by Atlanta-based artists.
