2005 Resource Library articles and essays with the topic "American 18-19th Century Representational Art"
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American 18-19th Century Representational Art" Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the date of publication in Resource Library.
(above: Ralph Albert Blakelock, Rockaway Beach, Long Island, New York, c. 1870, 12 x 20 inches, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Ralph Albert Blakelock, Moonlight, c. 1885-1890, oil on board, 12 x 16 inches, Columbus Museum of Art, Bequeathed by John R. and Louise Lersch Gobey. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Our articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
Shepard Alonzo Mount; essay by Deborah J. Johnson (12/9/05)
American ABC: Childhood in 19th-Century America (6/13/05)
Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History (6/2/05)
The Moran Family of Painters: Edward, Leon, Thomas, Mary & Peter Moran (4/26/05)
James McNeill Whistler: Selected Works from the Hunterian Art Gallery (3/25/05)
Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s (3/23/05)
The California Missions in Art: 1890 to 1930; essay by Jean Stern (2/21/05)
The California Missions in Art - 1786 to 1890; essay by Norman Neuerburg (2/18/05)
Art in California: 1880 to 1930; essay by Jean Stern (2/16/05)
Martin Johnson Heade: The Enigmatic Self; essay by Barbara Novak (2/14/05)
Images of Settlement and Exploration; essay by Lisa Reitzes (2/1/05)
Faces of a New Nation; essay by Lisa Reitzes (1/31/05)
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(above: Lucile Blanch, Rural Mississippi from Early Days to Present (study for mural), 1941, 9.6 x 17.3 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Edwin Blashfield, The Governor's Grandsons, c. 1894, oil on canvas, 67 x 84.7 inches, Brooklyn Museum, gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1861. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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