Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression Hudson River School Artistic Movement of the Mid-1800 s Thomas Cole recognized as founder Focused on Landscape Paintings of the Hudson River Valley and Surrounding Areas Attempted to portray subject matter realistically Thomas Cole (1801 1848)
Thomas Cole, The Hunter s Return (1845)
Thomas Cole, Home in the Woods (1847)
Thomas Cole, Scene from Last of the Mohicans: Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund (1827)
Thomas Cole, A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains, 1839
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression Hudson River School Artists Asher Brown Durand (1796 1886) George Inness (1825 1894) Frederic Edwin Church (1826 1900)
Asher B. Durand Kindred Spirits (1849) Hudson River Scene (1846)
George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley, 1855
Frederick Edwin Church, Falls of Niagara (1857)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression The Rocky Mountain School Artistic Movement that was influenced by the Hudson River school Albert Bierstadt recognized as its founder Focused on Landscape Paintings of the Rocky Mountain Region Attempted to portray subject matter realistically Albert Bierstadt (1830 1902)
Albert Bierstadt, A Storm in the Rocky Mountains (1866)
Albert Bierstadt, Rocky Mountains (1863)
Albert Bierstadt, The Oregon Trail (1869)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression Rocky Mountain School Artists Thomas Moran (1837 1926) Frederic Edwin Church (1826 1900)
Thomas Moran, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1872
Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness (1860)
John Gast - American Progress (1872)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression The Luminists Artistic Movement that was influenced by the Hudson River school Landscape Paintings that portrayed Tranquility George Catlin (1796 1872) Dedicated to Realism of Human Interaction with Nature George C. Bingham (1811 1879)
George C. Bingham Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers though Cumberland Gap (1852)
George C. Bingham Mississippi Boatman (1850) Jolly Flat boatman in Port (1857)
George C. Bingham Stump Speaking (1854)
George Catlin Native Americans (1830 s)
George Catlin Native Americans (1830 s)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression The Remington School Artistic Movement that focused on the glory of the American West Often depicted Humans in Action Frederic Remington (1861 1909) Dedicated to Naturalistic Realism Charles M. Russell (1864 1926)
Frederic Remington - The Couriers (1885)
Frederic Remington A Dash for the Timber (1889)
Frederic Remington A Cavalryman s Breakfast (1892)
Frederic Remington San Juan Hill (1898)
Charles M. Russell Camp Cook s Troubles (1912)
Charles M. Russell The Scouts (1915)
Naturalist - John James Audubon Carolina Parakeet (1825) Common Raven (1829) (1785 1851)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression Artistic Movement that focused on Urban Scenes in New York City Originated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz Finding beauty in the drab and ugly aspects of city life Captured the spontaneous moments in everyday life Illustrated the process of Americanization The Ashcan School Thomas P. Anshutz (1851 1912)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression The Ashcan School Realists Everett Shinn (1876 1953) John F. Sloan (1871 1951) Robert Henri (1865 1929) George B. Luks (1867 1933) William J. Glackens (1870 1938)
Robert Henri Snow in New York (1901)
Everett Shinn Fire in 24 th Street (1907)
Everett Shinn Cross Streets of New York (1899)
Everett Shinn Washington Square (1910)
George Luks Allen Street (1905)
John Sloan A Woman s Work (1912)
John Sloan Recruiting in Union Square (1909)
John Sloan Women Drying their Hair (1910)
John Sloan - McSorley s Bar (1912)
William Glackens Hammerstein s Roof Garden (1901)
William Glackens Tugboat and Lighter (1904)
William Glackens Washington Square in Winter (1907)
William Glackens Washington Square (1910)
Celebrating Changes in American Culture through Artistic Expression The Art of Photojournalism Mathew B. Brady (1822 1896) Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840 1882) Jacob August Riis (1849 1914)
Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863) Mathew Brady Timothy O Sullivan
The Gettysburg Address Timothy O Sullivan Mathew Brady
Timothy O Sullivan Goes West Zuni Mission in Taos, New Mexico Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Piute Tribe in Utah
Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) - Golden Spike 1869
Jacob Riis - How the Other Half Lives 1890