The Painting of the French Revolution by Milton W. Brown. Series No. 8. Published by the Critics Group, New York. 1938.

Contents: I) Economic and Social Background, II) Cultural and Aesthetic Background Rococo-Eroticism, Dutch Genre Painting, Philosophic Moralism, English Literary Sentimentalism, La Grande Manière, Classic Revival, III) The Artist and the Revolution, IV) Aesthetics and Criticism, V) The Painting of the Revolution, Bibliography. 98 pages plus 12 plates.

The Marxist Critics Group were an association of Communist and left wing writers who wanted, after the suspension of Partisan Review, to have a space for long-form discussions of Marxist art criticism and felt that the New Masses could not provide it. Its leading figure was Angel Flores, based in New York City where an irregular publication ‘Dialectics’ was produced between 1936 and 1939. Along with Dialectics, the Critics Group produced, reprinted, and translated important discussion pieces as pamphlets and books.

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