Editing Paul Jordan-Smith (section)

==Disumbrationism==

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Jordan-Smith may be best known today for a [[hoax]] that he initiated in 1924, in part out of a dislike of [[modern art]] that was evident as far back as 1913, when he saw (and largely rejected) the traveling version of the notorious [[Armory Show]] at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]].<ref name="pjs" />{{rp|220}} Giving himself the Russian-sounding [[pseudonym]] Pavel Jerdanowitch, Jordan-Smith painted a small group of crudely [[Postimpressionist]] canvases that he then entered in art exhibitions around the country as exemplars of a new art movement known as Disumbrationism (i.e. painting without shadows). His canvases were well received on the whole until he got tired of sustaining the role and outed himself to a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reporter in 1927.<ref>Whitaker, Alma. "International Art Hoax Bared by Los Angeles Writer." August 14, 1927.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XzNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2EMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2480,430370&dq=&hl=en "Pictures Painted to 'Show Up' the Critics Bring Fame to Mythical Modernistic Artist"], ''Lawrence Journal-World'', January 27, 1931.</ref>