olid ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁following ▁Tag gart ' s ▁move ▁to ▁Manh attan . ▁ ▁Loc ated ▁on ▁ 7 3 rd ▁Street , ▁the ▁gallery ▁maintained ▁an ▁in - depth ▁and ▁scholar ly ▁exhibition ▁program . ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁five ▁ground bre aking ▁exhib itions ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁expl ored ▁American ▁Modern ism ▁in ▁a ▁considered ▁and ▁per cept ive ▁fashion ▁that ▁spe ar head ed ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁scholar ly ▁exhib itions ▁that ▁are ▁now ▁common . ▁These ▁focused ▁on ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Alfred ▁Henry ▁Ma urer , ▁Arthur ▁Be e cher ▁Car les , ▁Man ierre ▁Daw son , ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁this ▁series , ▁The ▁Color ▁of ▁Modern ism : ▁The ▁American ▁F au ves ▁( 2 9 ▁April ▁– ▁ 2 6 ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 7 ), ▁exam ined ▁the ▁American ▁artists ▁who ▁studied ▁directly ▁under ▁Mat isse ▁and ▁the ▁success ive ▁artists ▁who ▁adapted ▁the ▁F au v ist ▁liber ation ▁of ▁color ▁to ▁an ▁American ▁id iom . ▁ ▁Organ ized ▁by ▁art ▁historian ▁William ▁H . ▁G erd ts , ▁The ▁Color ▁of ▁Modern ism ▁remains ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁p iv otal ▁exhib itions ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁gallery ▁again ▁expanded ▁to ▁a ▁second ▁location , ▁this ▁time ▁in ▁Chicago . ▁It ▁was ▁there ▁that ▁the ▁gallery ' s ▁program