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Industrial Area
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The philosopher of a Northwest aesthetic in art and architecture, Harry Wentz followed the advice of Arthur Wesley Dow, his teacher at the Arts Students League of New York, to paint with simplified shapes in order to fill the paper or canvas. As a result, Wentz was one of the first Oregon modernists, painting with simplified forms and highly keyed colors to depict subjects in abstract terms. Industrial Area is akin to the factory paintings of the Runquist brothers, who were Wentz's students at the Museum Art School. But Wentz's focus is primarily formal and aesthetic, while the Runquists took a socialist interest in workers and their environment.