Downtown Group and The Organization of The "Ninth Street" Show
Artists who served in World War II did not have the attention of the Art critics of the post-World War II era.
The studios were located in lower Manhattan in the area bounded by 8th and 12th street between First and Sixth Avenues during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The artists who occupied these studios were called the Downtown Group. In 1949 the Downtown Group founded the Artists' Club located at 39 East 8th streets. The members with few exceptions were mostly war veterans, forty years old, professional artists. The weekly discussions in the Club led to the idea of organizing an exhibition. A linoleum cut poster was created by Franz Kline to promote the show. The show was located at 60 East 9th Street in the first floor and the basement of a building which was about to be demolished.
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