America was shocked to see this painting because they had not seen anything similar to the painting.American art schools were teaching realistic paintings and the Association of American Painters and Sculptors (AAPS) were tired so people traveled to europe to get ideas. One of the most outrageous painting they saw was from the artist Marcel Duchamp’s painting called “Nude descending a Staircase, No.2 “. “Audiences and critics were outraged by what they saw in the cubist room” The painting was so different from other it blew their minds away. Even the President of the United States was outraged and shocked “Former President Theodore Roosevelt visited the show and later called Duchamp’s painting “repellent from every standpoint”” Those are some
