Contact was an American literary "little magazine" published during the early 1920s and again in 1932, Williams desired to create a distinctly American form of art free of the literary tradition running throughout the work of T. S. Eliot, a British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets", and moved from his native United States to England in which year?
Contact (magazine) Contact was an American literary "little magazine" published during the early 1920s and again in 1932. Following their introduction in 1920 by Marsden Hartley at a party hosted by Lola Ridge, William Carlos Williams and Robert McAlmon endeavored to create an outlet for works showcasing Williams' theory of "contact", a theory centered on the belief that art should derive from an artist's direct experience and sense of place and should reject traditional notions of value. Williams desired to create a distinctly American form of art free of the literary tradition running throughout the work of T. S. Eliot.
Henry McBride (art critic) Henry McBride (July 25, 1867 – March 31, 1962) was an American art critic known for his support of modern artists, both European and American, in the first half of the twentieth century. As a writer during the 1920s for the newspaper "The New York Sun" and the avant-garde magazine "The Dial," McBride became one of the most influential supporters of modern art in his time. He also wrote for "Creative Art" (1928-1932) and "Art News" (1950-1959). Living to be ninety-five, McBride was born in the era of Winslow Homer and the Hudson River School and lived to see the rise of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and the New York School.